A herd of seven elephants in the Malukkapparai Estate area of Kerala near Valparai broke into a residence there, smashing the window and wall of a Selvaraj's grocery store and consumed sugar and food items inside.
Coimbatore: Wild elephant movement is on the rise in the estates surrounding Valparai in Coimbatore district.
Wild elephants trespass into residential areas and demolish houses, grocery stores, nutrition centres, fair price shops and the likes.
A herd of seven elephants in the Malukkapparai Estate area of Kerala near Valparai broke into a residence there, smashed the window and wall of a Selvaraj's grocery store and ate sugar and food items inside.
People in the area chased the elephants out of the residential area at night by lighting fires and exploding firecrackers. Public gas demanded that forest officials protects them from elephant movement which is on the rise.