Wild elephant damages crops near Hebri

A chaotic elephant was reportedly roaming astir connected the foothills of the Western Ghats successful the jurisdiction of Hebri and Karkala taluks of Udupi territory damaging crops successful immoderate farms.

Sources said that the elephant damaged the farms belonging to Tengumar Lakshmana Gowda, Ananda Gowda and Jayantha Gowda successful Nadpalu colony connected Friday night. It destroyed immoderate arecanut and coconut trees and banana plants successful the village.