Somavarapete, june.16: The incident took place this afternoon in the vicinity of the Aigur-Kirigandur village of the nearby Aigurur Gram Panchayat, when a forest elephant went to a coffee plantation through a lake by threatening the public. The entering of forest elephants in this place is constant, Forest and Tata Coffee Estates in this area are losing forestry and crop yields. Elephants that cross the street only in the morning and in the evening are now exposed to daylight, which has terrified the public. This afternoon, a forest elephant from the Tata Coffee Estate stood at the headquarters of Aigur-Kirigandur. Seeing this, the locals screamed and threatened by a loud shout, descended into a nearby lake and shortly after, walked to the tidal estate. The public is afraid to walk down the street as forests elephant move in the daytime. Locals say that this has created a situation where people have to fear to work in the coffee plantations too.
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