Coimbatore: Farmers cry for action, as elephants have been on a rampage in Elephants have been on a rampage in Meramandali section under Odapada block of Dhenkanal district. Farmers have been spending sleepless nights for days together village in Mettupalayam. The distressed farmers claim that over 100 coconut trees and banana plantations have been destroyed by a herd of elephants on the wee hours of Friday which entered the village through Melpavai forest area.
Coimbatore: Farmers cry for action, as elephants have been on a rampage in Elephants have been on a rampage in Meramandali section under Odapada block of Dhenkanal district. Farmers have been spending sleepless nights for days together village in Mettupalayam.
The distressed farmers claim that over 100 coconut trees and banana plantations have been destroyed by a herd of elephants on the wee hours of Friday which entered the village through Melpavai forest area.
The farmers lament that they have been spending sleepless nights for days together to chase the herd off their farmlands. In the recent rampage, farmlands of Rangaraj, Palanisamy and Saraswathi suffered maximum devastation.
The farmers who cry for action by the forest department have noted that the rampage has left them suffer severe losses. Hence, they have requested the district administration to provide them fair compensation..
The distressed farmers claim that over 100 coconut trees and banana plantations have been destroyed by a herd of elephants on the wee hours of Friday which entered the village through Melpavai forest area.
The farmers lament that they have been spending sleepless nights for days together to chase the herd off their farmlands. In the recent rampage, farmlands of Rangaraj, Palanisamy and Saraswathi suffered maximum devastation.
The farmers who cry for action by the forest department have noted that the rampage has left them suffer severe losses. Hence, they have requested the district administration to provide them fair compensation..