Bhopal: Jungle herd crushed to death three people including couple and their grandson elephants This is the second such incident in the last few months in Madhya Pradesh’s Anuppur district on Thursday, officials said.
The incident was reported from Belgaum area of Nimaha Panchayat where elephants attacked the village causing major damage to property and killing three of them near the farm. Officials say that this place is close to Chhattisgarh from where nine elephants had strayed.
One of the deceased has been identified as Gaya Prasad Ketwat.
Anuppur DFO AN Ansari told the media that since Wednesday there was movement of wild elephants in the area. The villagers tried to drive them back to Chhattisgarh. However, they returned in the early morning by another route.
forest officer Advisory was issued against wild elephants. Officials said that the relatives of the deceased will be given compensation as per rules.
In April 2020, three people were killed by a herd of wild elephants in the same district. There were two women, who were working in his field and a man who was guarding the crops. This incident is from Purga village of Pushprajgarh tehsil of the district.
After this there were more casualties. In February, an elderly man and his two grandchildren – aged 12 and 13 – were chased and crushed to death by a herd of wild elephants near Sanjay Tiger Reserve in Sidhi district. The incident took place in Haiki village, 85 km from the district headquarters.
The deceased have been identified as 60-year-old Gorelal Yadav and his grandsons Ramkripal (12) and Ramprasad (13). The children were playing outside when a herd of elephants – about seven – came towards them. Hearing the noise, Ram Kripal also came out of the house. He raised an alarm and asked the children to run away. However, the elephants chased them and crushed them, killing all three on the spot. One of the children inside in the accident narrowly escaped.
Later, the angry residents of the village bordering Chhattisgarh had blocked the Tilwari-Janakpur road demanding compensation.
Officials also informed that the Madhya Pradesh government was sending proposals to MoEF demanding elephant management programs and a separate budget for including this state in the elephant project. The matter has been taken to the higher authorities.
In December 2019, BTR officials had requested the state government to formulate a compensation policy for damaged properties to prevent conflicts with humans by wild elephants. A herd of 40 stray elephants from the neighboring state of Chhattisgarh was raiding farmers not only on their fields, but also carrying their sacks of rice.
At present, there is no policy for compensation of properties in Madhya Pradesh, an official said. These elephants have traveled many kilometers, reviving the very old corridor from Jharkhand to MP.
Officials say that due to massive deforestation in Odisha and Jharkhand, the elephants had migrated towards Chhattisgarh and from there they went to MP. MP’s plan was to declare Sanjay National Park as elephant habitat in view of the jumbo threat in Siddhi and Singrauli districts, but it did not succeed.
The area adopted by elephants in MP has a rich vegetation, including bamboo shoots – an elephant’s favorite food. Officials say the conflict will escalate if steps are not taken.
The incident was reported from Belgaum area of Nimaha Panchayat where elephants attacked the village causing major damage to property and killing three of them near the farm. Officials say that this place is close to Chhattisgarh from where nine elephants had strayed.
One of the deceased has been identified as Gaya Prasad Ketwat.
Anuppur DFO AN Ansari told the media that since Wednesday there was movement of wild elephants in the area. The villagers tried to drive them back to Chhattisgarh. However, they returned in the early morning by another route.
forest officer Advisory was issued against wild elephants. Officials said that the relatives of the deceased will be given compensation as per rules.
In April 2020, three people were killed by a herd of wild elephants in the same district. There were two women, who were working in his field and a man who was guarding the crops. This incident is from Purga village of Pushprajgarh tehsil of the district.
After this there were more casualties. In February, an elderly man and his two grandchildren – aged 12 and 13 – were chased and crushed to death by a herd of wild elephants near Sanjay Tiger Reserve in Sidhi district. The incident took place in Haiki village, 85 km from the district headquarters.
The deceased have been identified as 60-year-old Gorelal Yadav and his grandsons Ramkripal (12) and Ramprasad (13). The children were playing outside when a herd of elephants – about seven – came towards them. Hearing the noise, Ram Kripal also came out of the house. He raised an alarm and asked the children to run away. However, the elephants chased them and crushed them, killing all three on the spot. One of the children inside in the accident narrowly escaped.
Later, the angry residents of the village bordering Chhattisgarh had blocked the Tilwari-Janakpur road demanding compensation.
Officials also informed that the Madhya Pradesh government was sending proposals to MoEF demanding elephant management programs and a separate budget for including this state in the elephant project. The matter has been taken to the higher authorities.
In December 2019, BTR officials had requested the state government to formulate a compensation policy for damaged properties to prevent conflicts with humans by wild elephants. A herd of 40 stray elephants from the neighboring state of Chhattisgarh was raiding farmers not only on their fields, but also carrying their sacks of rice.
At present, there is no policy for compensation of properties in Madhya Pradesh, an official said. These elephants have traveled many kilometers, reviving the very old corridor from Jharkhand to MP.
Officials say that due to massive deforestation in Odisha and Jharkhand, the elephants had migrated towards Chhattisgarh and from there they went to MP. MP’s plan was to declare Sanjay National Park as elephant habitat in view of the jumbo threat in Siddhi and Singrauli districts, but it did not succeed.
The area adopted by elephants in MP has a rich vegetation, including bamboo shoots – an elephant’s favorite food. Officials say the conflict will escalate if steps are not taken.
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