Newskarnataka – Mysore
Mysore: The headache for the Forest department continued for the second consecutive day since Monday, as the trouble of the herd of wild elephants; continue to create menace at Chitravana Resort.
Although the forest department officials were quick in reacting to a possible human-animal conflict, and cordoned off the road connecting Nanjangud to J P Nagar in the city, and ensured that the elephants stayed put at the farm.
The herd was spotted near a farm close to the Agricultural Produce and Marketing Committee (APMC), raising fears among the people living close to the area. The herd consisted of eight elephants, including a calf.
To drive away the herd back to the wild on Tuesday along with the tamed elephants brought by the Forest department
The herd had reached up to Sinduvallikere in Mysore taluk on Monday night, after forest officials drove them away from Chitravana Farm. Forest officials had expected the herd to move into the forest, and had called off the operation on Monday.