The tribals of Idukki district assembled at the district forest department office to protest the release of the Arikomban elephant, which had killed ten persons and damaged buildings in the Parambikulam area.
Coimbatore: Coimbatore: A five-member expert committee has submitted a report to the High Court requesting that the elephant that destroyed 16 ration shops and more than 60 dwellings in Chinnakanal Santhanparai in Kerala's Idukki district and killed 10 people be captured and released in the Parambikulam area.
More than 100 Parambikulam tribals protested. More than 600 families and 2,500 people dwell in more than ten tribal settlements in the area.
"If Arikomban is captured and released in the area, it will be a threat to the farmers here and the people in the area," he added, adding that people in the area have built and live in modest houses.
People who took part in the demonstration warned it would be dismantled and that schoolchildren would have to go to school in terror.
As a result, more than 100 individuals from the region gheraoed the district forest department's forest office and requested that the expert committee's decision to move the elephant to the Parambikulam area be reversed.
As the tribals assembled at the district forest office, there was a ruckus in the neighbourhood.
Following that, a significant number of police officers were stationed in the area to provide protection.
More than 100 Parambikulam tribals protested. More than 600 families and 2,500 people dwell in more than ten tribal settlements in the area.
"If Arikomban is captured and released in the area, it will be a threat to the farmers here and the people in the area," he added, adding that people in the area have built and live in modest houses.
People who took part in the demonstration warned it would be dismantled and that schoolchildren would have to go to school in terror.
As a result, more than 100 individuals from the region gheraoed the district forest department's forest office and requested that the expert committee's decision to move the elephant to the Parambikulam area be reversed.
As the tribals assembled at the district forest office, there was a ruckus in the neighbourhood.
Following that, a significant number of police officers were stationed in the area to provide protection.