Tea plantation workers drive away rampaging elephants using trucks and lorries to prevent elephants from entering residential areas in Valparai.
Valparai: Five wild elephants went on a rampage at a school building in Valparai, destroying the windows and doors of the school.
Even as rains ceased and wild elephants have been forced to leave the forest areas owing to the sweltering heat and mosquito menace, Valparai's residential areas are facing the brunt. These elephants either move in herds or individually and rampage public and private properties in Valparai.
These elephants have recently run amok over ration shops, grocery shops, schools and tea estate workers' houses, causing imminent threat to the lives of people in the area.
A Government middle school in the Kaanja Malai Thottam area was rampaged by five wild elephants on Monday night.
Neighbours in the area rushed to the spot and chased away the elephants into the deep forests with the help of trucks and lorries. They also stood watch with torches of fire to prevent them from returning to the residential areas.
Forest officials, tea plantation workers and others are on vigilant patrols since they suspect these wild elephants may return since they were found roaming in the same area for many weeks now.
Even as rains ceased and wild elephants have been forced to leave the forest areas owing to the sweltering heat and mosquito menace, Valparai's residential areas are facing the brunt. These elephants either move in herds or individually and rampage public and private properties in Valparai.
These elephants have recently run amok over ration shops, grocery shops, schools and tea estate workers' houses, causing imminent threat to the lives of people in the area.
A Government middle school in the Kaanja Malai Thottam area was rampaged by five wild elephants on Monday night.
Neighbours in the area rushed to the spot and chased away the elephants into the deep forests with the help of trucks and lorries. They also stood watch with torches of fire to prevent them from returning to the residential areas.
Forest officials, tea plantation workers and others are on vigilant patrols since they suspect these wild elephants may return since they were found roaming in the same area for many weeks now.