Belur Magna was killed by a wild elephant in Mananthavady. The forest department has stepped up action to catch him. The veterinary team is ready to tranquillise the elephant. Tracking experts will first go on a mission based on receiving a signal from the radio collar. It is announced that Mannarkad and Nilambur RRTs will also be part of the mission. The District Collector has given holiday to all educational institutions in Tirunelli gram panchayat where elephants are present. Educational institutions in Kurukan Moola, Kurua, Kadamkolli and Payyampally divisions of Mananthavadi Municipality have also declared holiday. The District Collector directed that people should not go out unnecessarily.
Minister AK Saseendran had informed that 13 teams of forest department and five teams of police will be patrolling in Mananthavadi even at night. A team of forest department will have 6 to 8 members. Section Forest Officer and Beat Forest will lead. The minister also informed that steps have been taken to continuously monitor night vision drone surveillance and GPS antenna receiver signal. The mission team was after the elephant since yesterday morning but could not drug it. This attempt was abandoned as night fell.
Phone numbers of Forest Department officials to be contacted in case of emergency. Saleem, Range Forest Officer, Kurichat- 9747 012 131, Rakesh, Range Forest Officer, Begur- 8547 602 504, Sunil Kumar, Range Forest Officer, Tholpetty- 9447 297 891, Ratheesh, SFO- 9744 860 073.
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Meanwhile Ajeesh who trampled the same wild animal in Padamala The state government has announced assistance to the family. 10 lakhs will be given as assistance. Ajeesh’s wife will be given a permanent job. The district collector also assured that he will bear the education expenses of the children. With this, the protest by the locals ended. The elephant is scheduled to be drugged and transferred to a pumpkin. They will be released into the forest only after inspection.
An elephant released with a radio collar attached by the Karnataka Forest Department attacked Mananthavadi. Ajeesh, a native of Patamala, was horrified by the elephant. Ajeesh Kumar alias Aji in Chaligadda Padamala Panachi was a tractor driver. The locals have been protesting since yesterday, alleging that no action has been taken to relocate the elephant in the residential area. Locals complain that the forest department has not done anything to track the elephant even though it was well informed. Ajeesh, who had gone to graze, fell in front of the elephant that reached Padamala around 7 am. The elephant crossed the high wall from the road and came to the backyard and attacked Ajeesh. The CCTV footage is also circulating on social media.
The main allegation of the locals was that the forest department did not give any warning about the elephant entering the residential area. There were reports that the elephant had reached the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary months ago and then the South Wayanad Forest Division. Meanwhile, the Kerala-Karnataka Forest Department dispute over the elephant continues. Kerala’s main complaint is that Karnataka did not give the radio collar signal of the elephant. But Karnataka says tracking information can be obtained by entering username and password in the forest ministry’s centralized monitoring system. They also point out that it does not require an antenna or a receiver.
2024-02-12 01:35:35
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