As human-wildlife conflicts increase in the state, two members of Parliament from Uttarakhand have urged the Centre to step in to provide better resolutions.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Garhwal MP Anil Baluni said that unprecedented attacks, unheard of for this time of the year , have risen over the last three weeks, requesting the Minister of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav to step in.

While Baluni raised the issue in the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha MP and state BJP head Mahendra Bhatt raised it in the Upper House. He said that five people have died of bear attacks in Uttarakhand this year. Both leaders hail from the Garhwal region of the state.

Baluni said, “Over the last three weeks, four people have been killed in leopard attacks, and there has been a spurt

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