Elderly woman killed by wild elephant in C'garh

A septuagenarian woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Korba district of Chhattisgarh this morning, police said.

The victim, identified as Nevarthin Bai (78), was attacked by the pachyderm when she had gone to collect forest produce from the forest adjacent to her village Sakdukala in Kartala forest range, a forest official said.


"She spotted the pachyderm in the forest, after which she tried to escape. However, the elephant chased and attacked her, in which she died on the spot," he said.

The local villagers spotted her body and informed the police and forest officials, following which they rushed to the spot, he said.

The woman's body has been sent for the post-mortem, he said adding that a case has been registered in this connection.

"The kin of the deceased were given an instant relief amount of Rs 25,000 by the forest department, while the remaining compensation amount of Rs 3.75 lakh will be disbursed after completing all the formalities in this connection," the official said.

With this incident, so far three people, including two women, have been killed in elephant attacks at separate places in the district, the official said.

Forest personnel have been directed to keep an eye on the movement of elephants in the area to avoid human-jumbo conflicts and drive them away from the human habitations, he added.

The thick forested northern Chhattisgarh, comprising Surguja, Surajpur, Korba, Raigarh, Jashpur, Balrampur and Korea districts, are notorious for human-elephant conflict.

The region has witnessed killings of several tribals and widespread damages to houses and crops by rogue elephants in the past few years.


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Jumbo conflict deepens

Goalpara: The man-elephant conflict in Goalpara district has worsened with six deaths and 10 injuries within the first five months this year.

A middle-aged man from Solmari Kalyanpur under Agia police station died in such an attack on Thursday.

Sushil Rabha, who went to cut bamboo behind his house, suddenly faced the jumbo devouring jackfruit from a tree in his neighbour's house. Though the man tried to escape under the cover of the bamboo bushes, the elephant chased and held him with its trunk and thrashed him on the ground.

Villagers then came together and tried to chase the elephant away and also informed the district forest office.

However, allegedly no forest personnel came to retrieve the body even several hours after the incident. Police arrived several hours later and retrieved the body and sent it for post mortem.

Residents of Kalyanpur village complained that the same elephant has caused large scale damage in the entire area under Agia police station.

"This particular animal does not move with its herd. Moreover, it moves fast and silently. We are petrified of the animal," a resident said.

According to forest department sources, a herd of 22 elephants has set up camp in the neighbouring Pancharatna Hill and occasionally visits adjacent areas like Makri, Solmari, Kalyanpur and Budhipara.

Reacting to Thursday's incident, divisional forest officer Acharya Goswami said most of the elephants moving around in Goalpara district have come down from Garo hills in Meghalaya but have failed to return to their original habitat as people in the border areas have blocked the elephant corridors.

"Men have not only encroached into forest areas but have also blocked the elephant corridors leading to maximum conflicts," Goswami said.

Sources alleged that it is the rampant felling of trees that makes these jumbos aggressive and they chase men whenever they find a chance.


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Wild Elephant captured in Madikeri

A wild elephant was captured by forest Department officials near Suntikoppa near Kushalnagara in the district on Wednesday.

The elephant, which had created a havoc, was captured and shifted to Dubare Elephant Camp.

The elephant had attacked several residents in the past few months. It had also destroyed the coffee, coconut and banana plantations. Moreover, the elephant had chased the vehicles, especially two wheelers, travelling on the Suntikoppa-Kushalanagar Highway.

In an attack by this elephant, Ibrahim (64), a coffee estate manager, had a narrow escape from the jaws of death only 15 days ago.

Deputy Conservator of Forests Manjunath said, "The elephant was captured at the Lalithadri Estate to prevent anymore harm to life and property. The elephant is aged around 19 years and is healthy.


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Wild Elephant captured in Madikeri

A wild elephant was captured by forest Department officials near Suntikoppa near Kushalnagara in the district on Wednesday.

The elephant, which had created a havoc, was captured and shifted to Dubare Elephant Camp.

The elephant had attacked several residents in the past few months. It had also destroyed the coffee, coconut and banana plantations. Moreover, the elephant had chased the vehicles, especially two wheelers, travelling on the Suntikoppa-Kushalanagar Highway.

In an attack by this elephant, Ibrahim (64), a coffee estate manager, had a narrow escape from the jaws of death only 15 days ago.

Deputy Conservator of Forests Manjunath said, "The elephant was captured at the Lalithadri Estate to prevent anymore harm to life and property. The elephant is aged around 19 years and is healthy.




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