<p>Hyderabad: One more farmer died after being allegedly attacked by a wild elephant in Kumaram Bheem Asifabad district of Telangana on Thursday a day after it trampled another farmer to death, forest department officials said.</p><p>Yesterday, the male tusker had strayed into Telangana by crossing Pranahita river from neighbouring Maharashtra and allegedly attacked a farmer while he was working in an agricultural field on the outskirts of Burepalli village of the district.</p><p>This is the first time that a wild elephant has entered Telangana, officials said. They added that the state doesn't have any wild tuskers.</p>.One person gets killed in man-animal conflict in Karnataka per week, reveals official data.<p>The incident today occurred in the victim's fields near Kondapalli village in the district at around 5am to 6am, even as efforts to drive the tusker away continued, officials said.</p><p>Officials had earlier said the troublemaker tusker was part of a herd of around 70-75 elephants which were moving to the other side of Pranahita river in Maharashtra.</p><p>The Telangana forest department officials had been monitoring the situation after their Maharashtra counterparts informed them about the movement of the herd.</p><p>The forest officials have cordoned off the entire area to make sure that the elephant does not enter the village. Efforts are underway to drive it away using fire-crackers, they said.</p><p>Meanwhile, district authorities imposed restrictions under CrPC section 144 in the mandals of the district where the elephant was found moving as well as in the nearby areas , a senior official told PTI. All villagers are being informed not to move out of their homes till the situation is under control.</p>
<p>Hyderabad: One more farmer died after being allegedly attacked by a wild elephant in Kumaram Bheem Asifabad district of Telangana on Thursday a day after it trampled another farmer to death, forest department officials said.</p><p>Yesterday, the male tusker had strayed into Telangana by crossing Pranahita river from neighbouring Maharashtra and allegedly attacked a farmer while he was working in an agricultural field on the outskirts of Burepalli village of the district.</p><p>This is the first time that a wild elephant has entered Telangana, officials said. They added that the state doesn't have any wild tuskers.</p>.One person gets killed in man-animal conflict in Karnataka per week, reveals official data.<p>The incident today occurred in the victim's fields near Kondapalli village in the district at around 5am to 6am, even as efforts to drive the tusker away continued, officials said.</p><p>Officials had earlier said the troublemaker tusker was part of a herd of around 70-75 elephants which were moving to the other side of Pranahita river in Maharashtra.</p><p>The Telangana forest department officials had been monitoring the situation after their Maharashtra counterparts informed them about the movement of the herd.</p><p>The forest officials have cordoned off the entire area to make sure that the elephant does not enter the village. Efforts are underway to drive it away using fire-crackers, they said.</p><p>Meanwhile, district authorities imposed restrictions under CrPC section 144 in the mandals of the district where the elephant was found moving as well as in the nearby areas , a senior official told PTI. All villagers are being informed not to move out of their homes till the situation is under control.</p>