The Hindu
December 15, 2006
DEHRA DUN: A number of elephants of the Rajaji National Park have taken to raiding villages and colonies of Rishikesh leaving behind damaged boundary walls, huts, crops and trees over the past week. The worst hit areas are Shyampur, Chidderwala, Gumaniwala, IDPL Colony and Dhalwala.
Efforts to attract the attention of forest officials to stop this menace seem to have evoked only a partial response as the department cites lack of funds to erect electric fences around the park to check the animals from entering the residential areas.
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