20km from Nabanna, Howrah elephants stopped in tracks

HOWRAH/KOLKATA: Two sub-adult tuskers that entered a Howrah village
on Monday were tranquillised late on Tuesday afternoon at another
location in the district, which is barely 20 kilometres from state secretariat
Nabanna. The operation ended their two-day journey — they travelled
over 100 kilometres and traversed three districts of Bengal.

Till last reports came, efforts were being made to load the tranquillised
elephants on trailers. “The darts have worked, but due to lack of proper
roads, our staff faced difficulties in taking the trailers to the spot where
they were darted,” said chief wildlife warden Ravi Sinha. Late at night,
payloaders were brought to the spot to dug out a temporary road. If all
goes well, the jumbos would be taken to Purulia, where they would be
treated before being released.

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