<p>A one-month-old elephant calf drowned in a pond when it had gone to drink water with its herd in a forest of Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Saturday, a forest official said.</p>.<p>The incident took place in the early hours of the day at Kendai forest range, where a herd of 46 jumbos had been moving around, the official said.</p>.<p>"Last month, two calves were born in this herd. The group was in Kendai and forest personnel were tracking its movements till 3 am on Saturday and returned after the herd moved deep into the core forest," said Shama Farooqui, divisional forest officer (DFO) Katghora forest division.</p>.<p>However, the herd returned to the pond located close to a field in the early hours to drink water and one of the calves waded in too deep and drowned, the official said.</p>.<p>At around 5 am, when the forest staff again reached the spot, they spotted the carcass in the pond and managed to fish it out after chasing away the herd, she said.</p>.<p>With the latest incident, 13 elephants have died in the state due to various reasons, including electrocution, since June this year.</p>.<p>The thick forested northern Chhattisgarh, comprising Surguja, Korba, Surajpur, Raigarh, Jashpur and Koriya districts, is known for human-animal conflicts. </p>
<p>A one-month-old elephant calf drowned in a pond when it had gone to drink water with its herd in a forest of Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Saturday, a forest official said.</p>.<p>The incident took place in the early hours of the day at Kendai forest range, where a herd of 46 jumbos had been moving around, the official said.</p>.<p>"Last month, two calves were born in this herd. The group was in Kendai and forest personnel were tracking its movements till 3 am on Saturday and returned after the herd moved deep into the core forest," said Shama Farooqui, divisional forest officer (DFO) Katghora forest division.</p>.<p>However, the herd returned to the pond located close to a field in the early hours to drink water and one of the calves waded in too deep and drowned, the official said.</p>.<p>At around 5 am, when the forest staff again reached the spot, they spotted the carcass in the pond and managed to fish it out after chasing away the herd, she said.</p>.<p>With the latest incident, 13 elephants have died in the state due to various reasons, including electrocution, since June this year.</p>.<p>The thick forested northern Chhattisgarh, comprising Surguja, Korba, Surajpur, Raigarh, Jashpur and Koriya districts, is known for human-animal conflicts. </p>