Since many days, 23 elephants have taken shelter in coffee estates in 7th Hoskote village and have been destroying coffee and pepper plants and incurring major losses to the estate owners.
In the Hoskote panchayat limits, a herd consisting of 23 elephants entering ‘Chinni Estate’ belonging to K A Thimmaiah, have consumed raw coffee beans and have destroyed pepper vines. Elephants are regularly spotted in this area even during daytime making the public and the school children fear to come out of their houses. They urged the forest officials to chase the elephants into the forest.
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