Rishab Shetty meets CM, discusses problems of people living on forest fringes

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Actor-director Rishab Shetty presenting memorandum to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday.

BENGALURU: Actor-director Rishab Shetty on Wednesday met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and presented a memorandum on issues pertaining to people living on the edges of forests and the problems being faced by the Forest Department staff in protecting the forests.

The CM too responded on Twitter stating that his government is committed to resolving the problems being faced by those living on the forest fringes.

In a video message on Twitter, Rishab Shetty said that after the ‘Kantara’ project, he had spent some time meeting people living on the edges of forests and also interacted with Forest Department staff to understand their problems.

“Be it the man-elephant conflict or the shortage of staff with the Forest Department, especially since this is the season of forest fires, I listed 20 issues and presented it to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. He has responded very positively and assured that he will take steps to resolve the issues soon. We are grateful that we have a CM who responds to the smallest of issues”, Rishab Shetty said.

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