Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt on Friday doubled the compensation for human deaths caused by wildlife attacks from ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh, and revised payouts for injuries, crop loss, tree damage and cattle deaths.
Compensation for crop damage has been raised from ₹25,000 per acre to ₹40,000 per acre. Under the earlier system, a flat ₹500 was paid per tree. The new rates are layered by age: ₹500 for saplings up to one year old, ₹1,000 per tree aged one to four years, and ₹2,000 per tree older than four years. Banana plants will now attract ₹250 per plant. Under the earlier scheme, owners of fully or severely damaged pucca houses received ₹95,100. This has now been increased to ₹1.50 lakh per house, or the actual assessed damage, whichever is less, the order said. For major injury or partial disability, compensation has gone up sharply from ₹59,100 to ₹5 lakh. Victims of minor injuries, who received nothing under the earlier scheme, will now be paid ₹20,000. In the existing system, compensation was ₹10,000 for a fully or severely damaged thatched/kutcha house, and only ₹5,000 for other kutcha houses. Under the new system, a flat compensation of ₹15,000 will be paid based on the actual damage. For a partially damaged house (pucca, kutcha, or any other type), the earlier compensation of ₹5,200 has been enhanced to ₹10,000 based on the actual damage assessed. For the death of milch cattle in a wildlife attack, the payout has risen from ₹30,000 to ₹40,000 per animal.
The revision comes two months after forest minister R V Ranjthkumar announced about it in the assembly two months ago. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Chennai | Silver Rate in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai | Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Petrol Price in Chennai | Diesel Price in Chennai | CNG Price in Chennai | LPG Price in Chennai Stay updated with the latest Chennai news. The govt has also restructured payouts for damaged trees. Compensation for damaged houses has been enhanced. Download the TOI App.