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Wild elephants damaged 30 coconut trees astatine a workplace successful Dhaliyur adjacent Thondamuthur successful Coimbatore territory connected Monday night.
The elephants entered the nine-acre farm, belonging to N. Suganya and Senthil Nathan, from an adjacent workplace aft harvest raiding. The elephants damaged a star fencing to participate the coconut farm, wherever they damaged 30 trees aged betwixt 2 and 4 years.
According to Ms. Suganya, the workplace is located astir 500 metres from the wood boundary. Elephants damaged 4 coconut trees successful the workplace 2 months ago.
“We person a caretaker for the workplace and helium leaves successful the evening. Due to predominant question of elephants astatine night, radical are acrophobic to instrumentality the occupation of caretakers successful farms astatine night,” said Ms. Suganya, who is hopeful that the Forest Department volition compensate for the damages.
The harvest harm took spot adjacent to the determination wherever the Forest Department stationed kumkis for the cognition to seizure a antheral chaotic elephant.
