JOIN USThe farm land belonging to S V Mahesh, Padmanabha Bhat, S T Jagannath Gowda have been damaged by the two wild elephants.
The wild elephants which entered the village in search of food damaged pipes installed for irrigating ginger. The ginger which was grown in field has also been damaged. Later, it entered estates and destroyed banana plantations, silver, teak and arecanut trees. The loss has been estimated at Rs 2 lakh. The farmers are worried over the wild elephant menace which is on rise in the region. “We have submitted memorandum to forest department urging to check wild elephant menace. However, the forest department has failed to solve the problem,” alleged farmers.
A person was trampled to death by a wild elephant recently at Gabgal Birgur. The villagers are finding it difficult to move alone in the region fearing wild elephant attack. The farmers must be given suitable compensation for the loss incurred due to wild elephant menace, they urged.