MANGALDAI, Nov 30: With the killing of one more villager along the Indo-Bhutan border by a herd of wild pachyderms last night, a total of 13 villagers have lost their lives in the increasing incidents of man-elephant conflict till date in 2009 in Udalguri district of BTAD. As reported, one Juran Kujur (26) of village Thulungjhar (Ghopakona) near Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary (BWLS) under Dimakuchi police out post of Panery Police Station while was guarding his paddy field at about 11 pm of November 29 met with his instant tragic end as a herd of wild elephants consisting of about five to six in numbers attacked him. Significantly, as reported, his father Alphon Kuzur was also killed by the wild elephants way back in 1995.
On the other hand, talking to The Sentinel over phone this afternoon, Divisional Forest Officer of Dhansiri Forest Division Bankim Sarma said that, the Forest Department has already taken up several measures to drive away the wild elephants and the department has arranged 25 numbers of dragon search lights at the cost of Rs 5,000 per light for the purpose. Besides it, the department a few days back had used female domestic elephants to chase away the wild herds into their own habitat. THE SENTINEL
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