Buffer zone area residents in Chitwan continue to get killed in human-animal conflict

Chitwan Park’s data shows 11 people were killed by wild animals in the area last fiscal year.

Until a year ago, Som Bahadur Bote, aged 63, lived in a tin-roof hut with his family at Meghauli of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-28 in Chitwan. Though flimsy in structure, the hut was usually lively with his wife, younger son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren. The home wears a deserted look now.