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 Date: 2021-02-09   Answered 

0563/2021: LIVES AND PROPERTIES DESTROYED BY WILD ELEPHANTS: COMPENSATION

563/2020

Hon. Shantha Bandara,— To ask the Minister of Wildlife & Forest           Conservation,—

(a) Will he admit that human lives are lost and properties are destroyed due to the Human-Elephant conflict that exists in Sri Lanka?

(b) Will he inform this House of—

(i) the number of human deaths that occurred in 2019 as a result of wild elephant attacks, separately with relevance to each province;

(ii) the amount paid as compensation for the loss of a human life at present;

(iii)  the total amount paid in 2019 as compensation for damages to property; and

(iv) the measures taken to protect the people from the threat of wild elephants?

(c) If not, why?

 

Asked Date

2021-02-09

Asked by

Hon. Shantha Bandara, M.P.

Ministry

Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation

Legislature

Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka

Session

First Session

Question History

Answer

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Answered Date

2021-02-09

Answered by

Hon. C. B. Rathnayake, M.P.





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