Overview

• Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel paid homage at the state’s first Vanpal Memorial in Gandhinagar as the government highlighted new and ongoing allocations for lion safety, forest development and Project Lion support.
• Karnataka announced Rs 50 lakh compensation for 62 families of forest personnel who died on duty, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah calling for stronger railway barricades to reduce human–elephant conflict.
• In Telangana, Environment Minister Konda Surekha honored 22 fallen officers, said she would recommend police‑martyr‑level benefits for their families, and detailed large‑scale planting, recruitment and higher ex‑gratia for human–wildlife fatalities.
• Ceremonies across Karnataka included reading the names of 62 martyrs in Mysuru, while Assam, Shivamogga and Andhra Pradesh held tributes, inaugurated memorials and urged public cooperation in conservation.
• National Forest Martyrs Day is observed on September 11 each year since a 2013 MoEFCC notification, a date chosen to recall the 1730 Bishnoi sacrifice at Khejarli.