Saturday, 11 September 2021 | PNS | Joshimath
The Forest department is planning to tranquilise and relocate a bear which has become involved in human-wildlife conflict situations in the Joshimath area. A bear which has reportedly attacked and injured four persons within a month in Joshimath town has become a cause for concern here. Late on Thursday night, the bear was spotted on the CCTV camera on the route passing below the local Canara Bank office.
The people here are anxious after the picture went viral on the social media. The local residents also opine that the Forest department should be played a more proactive role in tackling the human-wildlife conflict in this area. The Nanda Devi national park ranger Chetna Kandpal informed that the department had sought permission from the chief wildlife warden’s office to tranquilise and relocate the bear.
This permission has now been received. A team including a veterinary doctor from the forest department’s Chidiyapur rescue centre will soon reach Joshimath to do the needful, she added.
