Nilgiris : With incidents of wild animals roaming around freely in farmlands and tea plantation in the Nilgiris steadily being on the rise, farmers have urged the Forest Department to take necessary action to curb animal movement in residential areas in the region.
Nilgiris : With incidents of wild animals roaming around freely in farmlands and tea plantation in the Nilgiris steadily being on the rise, farmers have urged the Forest Department to take necessary action to curb animal movement in residential areas in the region.
In the past two days, two elephants raided the farmlands at Kenthorai area owing to which carrot and beetroot crops planted in the area were damaged.
Due to the frequent elephant movement near settlements, farmers are reported to be in a state of panic now and have urged forest officials to take immediate action to chase them away back into the forest regions.