Elephants driving farmers crazy

Statesman News Service
January 14, 2009

DHENKANAL, Jan. 14: Come harvesting period and the people especially in Kamakshyanagar region of the district spend sleepless nights. The pleasure of harvesting of crops is gone as soon as the arrival of elephants from the wilds is reported.

A panicked lot, the villagers are just helpless in tackling the problem. Even the forest department has not yet devised any tangible means to drive away the elephants who have been straying into the human habitations especially during the present harvest period. The mass leave of the foresters and forest guards of the district to press for some their long-standing demands has compounded the problem further, sources said.

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