TIGERS, leopards, elephants, gaurs, wild pigs... As summer nears, the forest fringes are turning conflict zones. This time, though, farmers are breathing a little easier. With just a year to go for the assembly polls, politicians have started responding to their wails.
Accepting the farmers' concerns, the state government withdrew the Forest Amendment Bill and Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan is taking out a protest march from Irikkur in Kannur to Amboori in Thiruvananthapuram demanding the farmers be saved from wild animals.
This story is from the January 21, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kottayam.
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