Ranchi. In Jharkhand this year, 55 people have lost their lives in clashes between elephants and humans in the last eight months, while 10 elephants have died due to different reasons. On September 21, a team of the Forest Department recovered a cut tooth of an elephant from the Latu forest of Palamu Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand. Similarly, on September 15, an elephant was found dead in Doomardih forest of Mandu block under Ramgarh district.
In the first week of August, an elephant was found dead in the Fulhar forest of Palamu Tiger Reserve area. On July 31, the body of an elephant was found in Rechi forest of Balumath police station area of Latehar district. Earlier on July 17, an elephant was found dead in Bongtel forest under Rania block of Khunti district. In the third week of May, three elephants died after being hit by a goods train between Banspani-Juruli railway station under Chakradharpur railway division.
Angry Gajraj is also creating panic in more than 15 districts of the state. In the last two-three years, elephants have created the most havoc in Hazaribagh district. So far this year, elephants have killed 15 people here. Similarly, nine people were killed in Giridih, eight in Latehar, six in Khunti, three each in Chatra, Bokaro and Jamtara. Talking about the recent incidents, in the second week of September, 30-year-old bike rider Krishna Hajam, resident of Gumla Badaturiyamba village, was crushed to death by an elephant near Amalia forest.
Farmer Sawan Mahato was crushed by two elephants on September 9 in Sarla village of Gola in Ramgarh district. On July 28, Jitendra Ram, a resident of Morangi Nowki Tand in Sadar block of Hazaribagh district, was crushed to death by a herd of elephants. A day before this, on July 27, a Divyang named Harsingh Gudiya was crushed to death by a wild elephant separated from the herd in Kamla Podho Toli village of Torpa block of Khunti district. On July 22, elephants attacked the forest department’s team that reached Karra in the same district to drive away wild elephants, in which a forest guard Jasbeen Salgar Aind died. (IANS)
