JORHAT, Oct 27: Tom Robert, a renowned British filmmaker, will make a film on “man-elephant conflict in Assam” for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The herd of wild elephants that graze in the three upper Assam districts will play the key role in the film.
Robert arrived in Assam yesterday with a year-long preparation to make the film. He will visit the elephant-affected areas in the three upper Assam districts — Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Jorhat — to take snapshots and talk to the people who were displaced due to elephant menace. He visited the elephant-affected areas in Dibrugarh district today and is scheduled to visit Jorhat tomorrow. He will also visit Majuli to talk to the elephant-affected people there. He will take snapshots of elephant depredations. Robert has made more than 100 documentaries on various topics in Britain and a number of films in Hollywood.
Talking to The Sentinel over telephone, Robert said: “I’m here to make a film for BBC on Assam’s widely highlighted man-elephant conflict. It’s a BBC trip for me to cover Assam’s unique man-elephant conflict.” On Assam and its people, Robert said: “Yeah, Assam is a very beautiful State, gifted with the bounties of natural. Its people are very loving.”
An over 100-strong elephant herd has been creating havoc in the three upper Assam districts for more than a decade. According to the reports of the State Forest Department, the herd of elephants had come from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh in 1997. Of late, the herd got divided into two — while a herd of 30 elephants entered the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and is now staying in the Agoratoli area, the other group has been staying at Borborua near Panidihing reserve forest. This herd is a threat to the people nearby. THE SENTINEL
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