Assam: Wild Elephant Enters Home, Damages Parked Vehicle

HAMREN: The number of conflicts between humans and animals is on the rise in the state and the latest incident of conflict with wild elephants took place in the West Karbi Anglong district of the state on Saturday morning.

One such wild elephant which had come out of the West Karbi Anglong region of the state, was spotted with a rather irregular behaviour. The incident took place in the Hawaipur locality of the district. It was seen moving around in circles at a particular spot, which intrigued the local people.

Thereafter, when the local people tried to chase the elephant away, it charged at the people. It also entered the premises of the home of a local resident and damaged a Maruti Suzuki WagonR vehicle that was parked inside. A two-wheeler was also damaged by the wild elephant.

The whole incident triggered fear among the people of the region. They also expressed anger regarding the inability of the state forest department to ensure the safety of the people of the locality.

In a similar incident, wild elephants coming out of the nearby forest areas have wreaked havoc and triggered fear among the people of the Bihali region of Biswanath. They often damage the crops of the region as well as cause damage to life and property including valuable trees planted by the local people. In a recent incident, a herd of wild elephants that came out of the Kaziranga National Park reached the locality at about 1:30 AM on Friday. They destroyed a few houses located in the Bahbari Pathar locality of the Behali region of the state. They destroyed the residences of Amar Bahadur Mirza, Nur Bahadur Ruchal and Bhagirath Biswakarma making all the families homeless.

Although a team from Borgaon Forest Department arrived later and managed to chase away the herd back into the forest, the people were still residing in fear of further attacks by wild elephants. The local people alleged that the government has on one hand evicted the farmers and cattle herders from the North bank of the Brahmaputra, and on the other, the wild elephants, tigers, and rhinos from the reserve forest continue to damage the crops and property of the farmers. They demanded that the government take immediate action to put an electric fence in place so that the animals of the park do not cause any harm to the life and property of the people of the region.

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