Dehradun, March 11 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Gairsain, 10 Mar: The Uttarakhand government is considering bringing crop damage caused by bears within the ambit of compensation, Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal informed the House on the second day of the ongoing Budget Session of State Assembly today.

Responding to questions raised by members in the House, Uniyal said that the government led by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has taken several important decisions during the past four years to expand the scope of compensation for losses caused by wildlife. He said that earlier there was no provision for compensation in many cases of damage caused by wild animals, but the government had taken steps to provide relief to affected people.

The mi...