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BOKARO: Elephants entered Chorgava village in Lalpania, on Wednesday and destroyed crops in several acres of farmland and demolished a villager’s boundary wall.
Almost 17 elephants entered the Maoist prone Gomia block from the neighbouring Ramgarh district. The elephants were last spotted in Luggu Hill’s foothills and are still present in the area. The presence of the herd during the ongoing paddy sowing time has created fear in the villagers.
The victims have asked the forest department for compensation against their losses from the elephant menace. “We are keeping a track notice on their movement and have also alerted the villagers,” PR Naidu, divisional forest, said. The residents said the elephants usually enter the village at night and damage houses and crops.
The DFO added that compensation will be provided to the victims. The villagers have decided to guard their farmland and prevent the elephants from entering the villages at night. “We are on alert and we will burst crackers, beat tin boxes and use torchlighst to keep them away,” Birbal Mahto, a villager, said.