Somavarapete, june.14: The impact of a forest elephant attack on a farmer who was coming to the town on his bike from home, a serious injury and a life-threatening incident happened this morning in the range forest. Girish is an injured farmer from Katnammane in kusubur village.While arriving to Somavarapete on a bike to buy equipments, an elephant has attacked the farmer on a village road. At this point, the elephant tried to push it's leg over Girish, who was riding the bike and he immediately screamed and moved to the other side. The elephant moves into the forest because of the threatening scream. The locals rushed to the towns Government Hospital and gave him initial treatment. Girish's hips and abdomen were badly hurt and he was shifted to Madikeri district hospital for further treatment. In this region, elephant's attack are frequent and loss of farm crops is common.The public is now demanding the Forest Department to take action. The herds of elephant from the Yadavanadu reserve forest are damaging the crops.Villagers around Kusubur, Karekoppa, Belur and Kenjammanabane have been continuosly plagued by the agitation.Fearing to cross the village road, workers are not coming to the farmland. The public is demanding the government a permanent solution for the spread of elephants.
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