A herd of five elephants destroyed banana crops and arecanut trees on farms on the Mettuppalayam – Vanabadrakaliamman temple road in the last two days.
The herd had entered the same area about 20 days ago, people said.
Though four of them went back to forest, one got separated. The single elephant had killed an aged woman last month in the same area. After re-uniting, the herd crossed river Bhavani and strayed into various farms in the area. The herd in the last two-days destroyed crops ripe for yield in a few banana farms and even uprooted areca nut trees.
The Forest Department is on the job of deploying anti-depredation watchers to monitoring its movement and drive it deep into the forests, Farmers have demanded that a permanent solution be found to end the menace.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/elephants-destroy-crops/article4396131.ece
The herd had entered the same area about 20 days ago, people said.
Though four of them went back to forest, one got separated. The single elephant had killed an aged woman last month in the same area. After re-uniting, the herd crossed river Bhavani and strayed into various farms in the area. The herd in the last two-days destroyed crops ripe for yield in a few banana farms and even uprooted areca nut trees.
The Forest Department is on the job of deploying anti-depredation watchers to monitoring its movement and drive it deep into the forests, Farmers have demanded that a permanent solution be found to end the menace.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/elephants-destroy-crops/article4396131.ece
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