Elephant rampage in Thrissur: Probe ordered, compensation assured

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District Collector Shikha Surendran has ordered an contiguous probe into the incidental successful which an elephant went connected a rampage successful Thrissur, and directed the Divisional Forest Officer and Social Forestry ACF (Assistant Conservator of Forest) to taxable reports urgently.

Officials said tranquillizing the elephant was not feasible astatine the clip arsenic it was connected the move. The tahsildar and colony serviceman person been asked to rapidly measure the harm to vehicles and property. The elephant, owned by Sivadath, a Thiruvananthapuram native, is insured, and authorities person assured compensation to each affected. Further enactment volition beryllium based connected Forest section findings connected imaginable ineligible violations. An exigency reappraisal gathering has besides been held to expedite the process.

In Peringavu village, 5 scooters, a car and compound walls of 5 houses were damaged successful the incident. In Thrissur colony limits, a station bureau building’s beforehand truss enactment was damaged, on with a car, an autorickshaw and sections of the Town Hall fencing.

Published - May 23, 2026 08:42 p.m. IST

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