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They had crossed into dist. from TN forests; raided several crops in villages
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A herd of wild elephants from Tamil Nadu seen climbing down a hillock near Somala in Chittoor district.
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They had crossed into dist. from TN forests; raided several crops in villages
After a three-day long operation, forest officials on Sunday night succeeded in driving a 13-member herd of wild elephants back into the forests of Palamaner range from Bangaru Tiruttani hillock in Somala mandal, where they had been sheltering since a month.
The herd, said to be from the forests of Tamil Nadu, had crossed into Chittoor district at Kuppam and later moved towards Palamaner range, before finally entering the Punganur range. They had reportedly passed through several forest-fringe villages in the three mandals in their month-long sojourn, giving tense moments to the farmers. The herd kept raiding the seasonal crops at the villages of Nadimpalle, So