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KOHIMA/GUWAHATI: A herd of wild elephants destroyed plantations at Rilan border village under Dimapur district, where standing crops spread over a few acres of individual lands, were consumed by the foraging pachyderms.
According to a release issued by the Rilan Village Council (RVC) today, the pachyderms intruded the village around midnightevery night in search of fodder and stored in the village, later the beasts were driven away by the villagers.
Stating that there has been no human casualty thus far, it expressed apprehension that it would turn into a violent human-animal conflict, if it is not checked. The district administration was informed of the incident and also wished the department of forests & wildlife would intervene soon to rescue the villagers, the release said.