Orissa to raise height of electric wires

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Orissa to raise height of electric wires to save elephants

Bhubaneswar, May 7 (PTI) With frequent cases of elephants being electrocuted, the Orissa government today decided to spend Rs 20 crore from the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management funds for raising the height of electric wires passing through elephant corridors.
This was decided at a meeting of Elephant Management Plan chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who also holds the forest and environment portfolio.

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