Elephant menace continues in Andhra villages
Srikakulam
(Andhra
Pradesh),
Oct
22:
At
least
ten
people
were
trampled
to
death
and
dozens
of
houses
were
destroyed
by
a
herd
of
rampaging
elephants
in
Andhra
Pradesh
recently.
In the latest incident, two persons - Tentu Srinivas Rao, a resident and one reporter G Nagaraje were trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants.
People in the area are scared for their lives and complain about the administration's apathy to the whole situation.
"The elephants are destroying everything in the village. The minister has visited the place, but nothing concrete has been done to end the elephant terror. Villagers are very worried about their safety", said D.Rama Rao, a resident.
However, forest officials are confident that in another three-four days they will drive these elephants back into the Lekhari Sanctuary in Orissa with the help of experts who are arriving from Assam.
"Actually,
the
Andhra
Pradesh
Government
represented
by
the
forest
department
is
taking
action
to
drive
away
these
elephants
towards
Lekhari
sanctuary
which
is
situated
in
Orissa
across
the
border
in
three-four
days",
said
P.V.
Padmanabham,
Conservator
of
Forest.
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