West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today called for a proper policy to tackle the problem of elephants invading West Bengal from Nepal and Dalma region even as she questioned the role of environmentalists.
"I am against the killing of elephants. There should be a proper policy to tackle the problem. Elephants are entering from Nepal and Dalma region, but there are certain people or environmentalists who only raise hue and cry," Banerjee said in a programme.
Banerjee during the last administrative meeting in Jhargram had said a number of measures had been taken recently to curb depredation by elephants in the state.
Banerjee today also lashed out at a section of environmentalists for "creating problems" in the development process.
"There are certain lobbies who use certain environmentalists. All of a sudden they lodge a case against brick kilns. These brick kilns get closed and lakhs of people lost their jobs. Who will look after their families? Will the environmentalist look after them," Banerjee said.
