ORDER

1. Issue of death of 10 elephants in Madhya Pradesh, Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve was highlighted in the media news and the matter was taken up by the Principal Bench of this Tribunal vide O.A No. 1282 of 2024 which has been transferred to this tribunal and registered as O.A NO. 253 /2024. The similar matter has been raised in O.A. No. 241/2024 with the facts that due to environmental consequences arising from mycotoxin contamination in agricultural produce, exacerbated by climate change, which recently resulted in the tragic death of ten wild elephants in Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh. These deaths, representing approximately 25% of the local elephant population, were attributed to the consumption of contaminated Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum) from adjacent agricultural fields, as confirmed by toxicology reports indicating the presence of cyclopiazonic acid, a fungal neurotoxin.These elephants had migrated from Odisha/Jharkhand through Chhattisgarh, representing a larger pattern of elephant dispersal in central India. Scientific literature has extensively documented that several fungal species, including Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, and Claviceps, produc