Elephant electrocuted at Tripura highway site

An elephant was electrocuted while working on clearing debris at a National Highway 08 site at Kacharicherra in North Tripura district, 140 km from here, on Thursday. The carcass is now undergoing post mortem examination on the site, Sub Divisional Forest Officer Vincent Debbarma said on Friday.

Speaking to indianexpress.com, SDFO Debbarma said Fulmala, a 35-year-old female elephant, was hired for clearing logs and debris at the site in Kacharicherra where the National Highway is being widened.

“It was 11 am yesterday when our field officers were engaged in work. An electric wire must have fallen down. The elephant got electrocuted and died, the official said.

He also informed that a team of veterinary experts were called in to conduct post-mortem examination on the dead jumbo.

Meanwhile, the elephant’s owner Jahur Ali, who lives at Kailashahar, 24 km away, has lodged a complaint with the local police station after death of his animal.

Authorities are now thinking of hiring another jumbo soon to finish the task. Special precautions would be taken to ensure no such incidents repeat.

A team from Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) is investigating how the live wire fell.

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Wild elephant stomps man to death

Coimbatore: A man in his 30s, suspected to be mentally ill, was trampled to death by a wild elephant close to a tributary of river Noyyal near Thondamuthur on Wednesday.

Villagers told police that the man, who appeared to be mentally-ill, was roaming in the locality for the last few days. On Tuesday night they had spotted a female elephant along with its calf wandering along the banks of Chinnar, the tributary of Noyyal.

The elephant must have attacked the man, villagers said.

Forest officials informed police, who recovered the body and sent it for post mortem. Police said the identity of the man was yet to be ascertained.


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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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Assam: Morning walker trampled to death by elephant herd in Digboi

A women was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants at Muliabari housing area in Digboi of upper Assam‘s Tinsukia district on Sunday morning. Digboi is 32.37 km from Tinsukia town. The woman was identified as Kumari Rana, 65, of Digboi town.

Sources said the women went out for morning walk at 4.30 am and suddenly fall on a herd of wild elephants which comes out from Upper Dehing reserve forest east block. The wild heard trampled her to death. The deceased woman is a resident of Digboi town and few days ago she came to her daughter’s house at Muliabari housing area.

Digboi forest ranger, Parineeta Singh on Sunday said the local resident informed them about the incident and they rushed to the area and found that the women was trampled to death by a heard of wild elephant.

“The elephants heard frequently seen in the Oil field area which falls under Upper Dehing reserve forest east block. The herd comes into the area in search of food. We sent the body for post mortem examination and an immediate compensation of Rs 50,000 has been given to the family members of her family. After verifying post mortem reports and other documents Rs 4 lakh will be handed over to her family as compensation,” Singh added.

Man-elephant conflict has been rising tremendously in the upper Assam region and this is the sixth death reported from this region.

An source said a heard of elephants frequently comes out from Upper Dehing reserve forest east block in search of food and entered into the human habitation. In Assam every year many people lost their life in elephant attack. On May 12, Phulmoti Pegu was trampled to death by a heard of elephants at Demow in Sivsagar district.