kolkata more than a month after chief minister mamata banerjee announced jobs to the next of kin of those killed by wild elephants in bengal the state on friday issued a notification enrolling 434 people as home guard personnel by way of special dispensation chief wildlife warden vk yadav said this was the first phase of the schemeaccording to the notification the forest department had furnished names of 584 victims across 14 districts of bengal who were killed by wild animals between 2015 and october 31 2020 upon scrutiny it has been found that 434 cases are complete and recommendable for home guard enrolment by way of special dispensation in the first phase the notification said most candidates are from jalpaiguri 96 followed by alipurduar 73 south 24 parganas 66 bankura 62 west midnapore 47 and jhargram 46 among others while in south 24 parganas cases of mantiger conflict are reported from the sunderbans conflicts between man and elephant are reported from both south and north bengal the latter being home to 490 jumbos as per the latest allindia elephant population estimation exercise south bengal has around 190 elephantsthe cm had announced the scheme during an administrative meeting in south bengal