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Two chaotic elephants were electrocuted nether mysterious circumstances successful villages successful Nagaragali wood scope successful Khanapur taluk successful Belagavi territory connected Sunday.
Forest officials fishy that they mightiness person travel successful interaction with electrical wires illegally laid by farmers who were upset astatine the chaotic animals raiding their crops.
The carcasses of the pachyderms were recovered adjacent sugarcane and paddy fields.
A wood officer, who visited the spot, said that immoderate farmers had hooked wires to Hescam powerfulness lines and threw the wires connected the ground. “It seems the chaotic animals walking by these areas tread connected them and were electrocuted. An enquiry volition uncover the reasons down this,” the authoritative said.
Wildlife conservationist Giridhar Kulkarni has demanded enactment against the persons liable for the unfortunate incident. “It is unfortunate that specified incidents person occurred adjacent aft Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre issued written instructions to behaviour an probe into the unnatural deaths of elephants owed to electrocution, to instrumentality due enactment against those responsible, and to clasp meetings with section residents to foster amended relations. Disciplinary enactment indispensable beryllium taken against the officials who person shown negligence,’’ helium said.
He argued that determination were quality reports of chaotic elephants being seen connected the villages connected the borders of forests successful Khanapur for astir 10 days now.
“Neither the wood officials nor the Hescom officials took notice. There is simply a modular protocol that whenever specified sightings are recorded, the wood officials and Hescom officials should clasp a gathering of villagers and pass them that powerfulness proviso volition beryllium chopped disconnected successful those areas. There are modular procedures for protecting crops from specified animals. But this was not done. It seems immoderate farmers person plugged powerfulness from powerfulness lines and electrocuted the chaotic animals,’’ helium said.
