Forest Minister K Raju

Kerala Floods: Kerala's forest minister K Raju on Thursday issued an apology for taking a trip to Germany while the state reeled under heavy floods.

As Kerala struggles with the worst floods in a century, state Forest Minister K. Raju is on a trip to Germany. Mr Raju left for the travel on August 16, when the crisis peaked, to attend seminars along with other party colleagues.

A Catholic nun recently blocked the car of Kerala Forest Minister K Raju to complain about elephant menacebeing faced by her convent in the forest-fringe Sholayar in northern Palakkad district.

At least 41 wild elephants have died in Kerala's forest ranges in the last six months however, none of these deaths were due to wither drought conditions or due to the lack of food and water in the forest, according to Forest Minister K Raju in a written reply in the Assembly.

Kerala government has proposed to bring in restrictions on parading elephants in temples and other festivities, Minister for Forest and Animal Husbandry K Raju said in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.

Kerala Floods: Kerala's forest minister K Raju on Thursday issued an apology for taking a trip to Germany while the state reeled under heavy floods.

As Kerala struggles with the worst floods in a century, state Forest Minister K. Raju is on a trip to Germany. Mr Raju left for the travel on August 16, when the crisis peaked, to attend seminars along with other party colleagues.

A Catholic nun recently blocked the car of Kerala Forest Minister K Raju to complain about elephant menacebeing faced by her convent in the forest-fringe Sholayar in northern Palakkad district.

At least 41 wild elephants have died in Kerala's forest ranges in the last six months however, none of these deaths were due to wither drought conditions or due to the lack of food and water in the forest, according to Forest Minister K Raju in a written reply in the Assembly.

Kerala government has proposed to bring in restrictions on parading elephants in temples and other festivities, Minister for Forest and Animal Husbandry K Raju said in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.