CURRENT AFFAIRS

2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which state anti-electrocution cells are to be set up to prevent unnatural deaths of wildlife?
A
Jharkhand
B
Karnataka
C
West Bengal
D
Kerala
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is West Bengal. West Bengal has planned to set up an Anti-Electrical Killing Cell to protect wild elephants.

Detailed explanation-2: -As many as 600 elephants have been killed due to electrocution in India from 2009-10 to 2019-20 with Karnataka accounting for 116 of the deaths, second only to Odisha (117).

Detailed explanation-3: -Between 2009 and 2019, 600 elephants have died due to electrocution across the country, data given by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has revealed. Of this, 116 deaths have taken place in Karnataka, 117 in Odisha and 105 in Assam.

Detailed explanation-4: -To cut costs, a galvanised wire of 12 mm can be used at a height of about five feet so that adult elephants cannot cross.

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