Rourkela: Jumbo scare gripped Bisra Forest range under Rourkela forest division after an elephant trampled a man to death at Katepur village in the wee hours today. According to reports, a wild jumbo, which had ventured into human settlement, killed George Lugun of Katepur who was on his way to a nearby field to attend […]
Khurda: Residents of Tangi area in Khurda district are now having sleepless nights for the last couple of days as a herd of nearly 20 elephants is wreaking havoc in the region. The elephant herd has reportedly destroyed standing paddy crops and houses in Golabai, Mota, Kalibati areas under Tangi block in the last 10 […]
Sundergarh: Residents of Bandhabhuin village near Bonai forest area of Sundergarh district are spending sleepless nights as a herd of elephants is wreaking havoc in the area for the last couple of days. According to sources, the elephants have destroyed crops cultivated on several acres land. The villagers alleged that even after the pachyderms have […]
Bhubaneswar: Though Chandaka Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary, sprawling over an area of 193 sq km is estimated to be home to nearly 30 elephants, the Elephant Census Report 2017 revealed that there is only one pachyderm left in the sanctuary. “We cannot rely on the findings of the census that there are no elephants in Chandaka. […]
Keonjhar/Dhenkanal: Herds of elephants have caused massive damage to paddy fields in different places of Keonjhar and Dhenkanal districts over the last two days. A herd of 30 pachyderms damaged crops in Nuagaan, Dabarchuan, Katugaan and Rajigaan in Keonjhar. According to sources, the farmers in these areas are spending sleepless nights to protect their crops […]
Keonjhar: Tusker terror once again gripped Champua range of Keonjhar district after a person sustained grievous injuries in an elephant attack here on Saturday. The injured has been identified as Bijaya Nayak of Balada village. The incident occurred in the morning when Nayak was going to the fields for agriculture work. Suddenly, a wild elephant […]
Balasore: People in the forest fringe villages of Nilgiri and Oupada blocks in Balasore district are spending sleepless nights with herds of elephants straying into human habitations and damaging crops and properties becoming a daily affair. Fear of the pachyderms has forced the villagers to build houses on top of trees to guard their fields. […]
Bhubaneswar: An elephant reportedly went on a wild rampage on Saturday killing one buffalo and injuring five others here at Patharagadia village near Chandaka forest range in the Capital City. According to a local, Benudhar Behera, the incident occurred late on Saturday night when he was resting in his house. In the moonlight, the villager […]
Keonjhar: A herd of 53 elephants from Jharkhand are on a damaging spree in Patala village near Kaliprasad forest under Champua range in Keonjhar district. The jumbos have so far destroyed three houses apart from damaging paddy and maize crops fields in the area. People are in panic over the persistent elephant menace in the […]
Sonepur: Wild elephant menace continues unabated in the bordering villages of the district dominated by forests as a herd of jumbos once again entered the human habitats damaging crops and properties in the Banki forest range on Saturday. According to reports, a herd of 18 pachyderms entered the Padmapur and Barghat areas in Banki range […]
Sundergarh /Keonjhar: Elephant menace gripped some parts of Sundergarh and Keonjhar today while injuring a woman and damaging house and property. In Sundergarh, a herd of stray elephants went on a rampage in Ganighasa village under Kuliposh Forest Range under Bonai Sub Division and injured a woman. Sources said the herd which had wandered away […]
Keonjhar: A herd of elephants wreaked havoc on several villages under Champua and Barbil range in the district, damaging crops and destroying human habitats. The natives of the Dadua village are living in constant fear with the frequent elephant attacks. Sources said the attacks have forced many villagers to move out of the village. Locals […]
Balasore: Residents in the periphery of Tinikonia forest reserve at Nilagiri of Balasore district are in panic after a herd of wild elephants strayed into Kamarkhalia village last night. According to sources, the herd comprising of three elephants went on a rampage and destroyed the house of one Banamali Singh. The pachyderms also caused massive […]
Athagarh: Seven Forest staff were injured, one of them seriously when an injured elephant attacked them inside Sukasana forest under Athagarh Forest Range in Cuttack district this afternoon. According to reports, the Forest staff had found a limping elephant inside Athagarh Forest Range five days ago as an abandoned tyre got stuck on its front […]
Baripada: Concrete steps would be taken for speedy disbursement of compensation to the families of those killed in elephant attacks in Odisha, a senior forest official has said. Quick disbursement of compensation would also be made for crop loss due to marauding elephants, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), Debabrata Swain, said. Swain was speaking […]
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