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A herd of elephants from Bhavanisagar wood damaged the compound partition and gross of the h2o pumping presumption astatine Anna Nagar adjacent Punjai Puliyampatti connected Sunday (September 28, 2025), creating panic among employees and residents.
Elephants often transverse the Bhavanisagar–Punjai Puliyampatti road, which runs on the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve. On Sunday night, the herd entered the h2o presumption premises, pulled down the compound wall, robust gross and barbed-wire fencing, and trampled coconut saplings inside.
Hearing the commotion, workers rushed retired and were alarmed to find elephants connected the premises. Forest Department unit were informed and, aft 2 hours of effort utilizing firecrackers, they managed to thrust the herd backmost into the forest. The incidental has near employees astatine the h2o presumption and residents anxious astir recurring elephant intrusions.
