'Kanthara' actor briefs CM Bommai on problems people in forest fringes live with

Shyam Sundar Vattam | NT

Bengaluru: Renowned Kannada actor and director Rishab Shetty, who recently created a big sensation in the Indian film industry through his movie 'Kanthara', met Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and submitted a memorandum, highlighting to him the ordeals of people living in fringes of forests.

The actor said during the shooting of the film 'Kanthara', he witnessed the problems faced by the people living on the outskirts of a forest, especially from attacks by wild animals. The state government must take steps to mitigate the problems of those people at the earliest.

The people are living in constant fear as they don't know when wild animals will come and attack them. Bommai, who received the memorandum, promised to look into the problems of these locals “at the earliest”.