Villagers express anger over elephant presence in Cheyyandane region

Cheyyandane, June 8: The elephant plague has recurred in Cheyyandane and Nariyandada gram panchayat areas, with elephants trampling and destroying crops and causing immense damage. The elephant plague has created a situation in the village where people are afraid to move around, and in this context, an incident took place in Cheyyandane where villagers expressed their anger and demanded that the Forest Department take action before the elephants claim their lives.

Even before the incident of the elephant attack on ex-servicemen in Kokeri, the villagers expressed their anger against the Forest Department, saying that elephants were roaming on the road every morning, afternoon and evening, creating a situation where school and college students and agricultural workers were afraid to walk on the road. They demanded that the elephant be captured and that no elephant operations be carried out.

Pokkulandra Dhanoj (Divya), a resident of Nariyandada village, said that the elephant menace in this area has been excessive for the last 8 years, and students are afraid to go to the plantations and go to school. Even though the main road was blocked twice and protested, there was no use. Forest officials come and go for the Namaka system. It is useless to send personnel and the RFO should come to the place. Last time, permission was given to catch 5 elephants, but one of them died during the operation. Another elephant was captured. But the remaining 3 elephants are yet to be captured, he said, and he demanded that the elephant be captured immediately.

S.S. Sumanth of Kokeri village spoke and said that the elephant that attacked an ex-soldier a week ago should be captured. When the forest department staff went to the plantation to chase this elephant, it chased them. If the higher officials of the forest department come to the place, they will send personnel. Last year, when the plantation was destroyed, they applied to the forest department for compensation of 11 lakhs and got 11 thousand. The elephant should be captured and relocated within the next 10 days, otherwise the villagers and organizations will come together and block the main road from Virajpet to Napoklu and protest.

Villager Advocate Kodimaniyanda Poovaiah said that an elephant was about to attack a local government employee near the gate of his house. He ran away and escaped with his life. The existing lakes have also been blocked by a herd of elephants. If we spend ten thousand for compensation, they will give three hundred, five hundred. No one will listen to our pain, he said.

Villagers Nellamakkad Vivek, Manoj, Ramesh Prakash, DRFO Prashant of the elephant operation team, guard Annas Gudde, camp staff and others were present on the occasion.

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