The herd had come out of the Denkanikottai reserve forest on July 28, villagers said. "They were camping near Denkanikottai village for the last four days. They raided my field and damaged ragi, tomatto and cabbage," P Kandasamy of Pattalamman temple area told TOI.
Followed by the raid, farmers in Denkanikottai urged the forest department officials to chase the elephants back into the deep forest.
The officials said that they are monitoring the movement of the elephants. "We are camping at the forest border until the elephants are chased to Karnataka reserve forest," an official said.
Kandasamy said he suffered nearly Rs 5 lakh worth loss in the elephant raid. "Human-elephant conflict has started in the area after a gap of two months," he said.
Meanwhile, farmers from villages near Denkanikottai demanded the officials to give compensation to the damaged crops at the earliest.
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