Jumbo dies after uprooting electricity pole in Chittoor
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Officials relieved as 20 other elephants have narrow escape
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Officials relieved as 20 other elephants have narrow escape
A wild elephant was found electrocuted after it uprooted an electricity pole at a field near Kothigutta village of Palamaner mandal, abutting Koundinya wildlife sanctuary, 50 km from here, on Friday morning.
Forest officials heaved a sigh of relief after it came to light that 20 other elephants of the herd had escaped unhurt. The fresh casualty is the twelfth in Chittoor district in the last two years.
According to information, the large herd was found moving around close to the fields at the village late on Thursday night by homebound farmers. Around Thursday midnight, a group of villagers rushed to the fields to prevent the herd from damaging the groundnut crops. The noise generated by the farmers led to confusion among the pachyderms, which began running helter-skelter
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Forest and police personnel inspecting the field at Tanjavur village near Chittoor, after a farmer was killed in jumbo attack on Thursday morning. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Panic gripped the hamlets close to the Chittoor-Tamil Nadu border after a nine-member herd of wild elephants fatally attacked a 52-year-old farmer at Tanjavur village of Yadamarri mandal (Chittoor district), 25 km from here, on Thursday morning.
According to the villagers, the victim, Valligan (52), a speech and hearing impaired farmer, was reliving himself at the edge of his field abutting a pond around 6.00 am, after finishing his night vigil. Farmers in the neighboring fields were also getting ready to return home, when they spotted a nine-member herd of wild elephants marching towards the forests of Paradarami (TN), after emerging from the pond. In a few seconds, the herd starting running towards Valligan, whose back was facing the jumbos. The farmers made vain sho
Elephants continue to damage crop and properties in tri-State junction area
The foresters in Chittoor district were elated when the Asiatic elephants reappeared in the Kuppam region in the early 1980s, after a hiatus of a century. By 1990, the Koundinya wildlife sanctuary spreading over about 1 lakh acres of foersts in Palamaner, Kuppam and Chittoor west ranges, flanked by Tamil Nadu and Karnatakawas was ready for the pachyderms.
Man-animal conflict
The number of elephants which stood in single digit four decades ago has now increased to more than a hundred, including those in the Koundinya sanctuary. Now, the elephant menace has become a concern for the foresters and the farmers as the animals frequently venture into agriculture lands and damage crops, leading to man-animal conflict. Nine elephants died of electrocution in 2019-20 financial year and half a dozen of people died during the same period. Many villagers were injured in jumbo attacks.
Wild elephants trample farmer to death in Chittoor district
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Residents of hamlets near T.N. border in grip of fear
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Forest and police personnel inspecting the spot where the farmer was killed by jumbos at Tanjavur near Chittoor on Thursday.
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Residents of hamlets near T.N. border in grip of fear
Panic gripped the hamlets close to the Chittoor-Tamil Nadu border after a nine-member herd of wild elephants fatally attacked a 52-year-old farmer at Tanjavur village of Yadamarri mandal in the district, 25 km from here, on Thursday morning.
According to local residents, the victim, Valligan (52), a speech and hearing impaired farmer, was relieving himself at a pond near his fields around 6 a.m., after finishing his night vigil, when the attack took place. The farmers in the neighbouring fields, who were also getting ready to return home, spotted the nine-member herd of wild elephants marching towards the forests of P