Two kids have been trampled to demise by a herd of untamed elephants in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district, a forest official mentioned on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday night time on Tongtaiyya hill close to Maheshpur village underneath Ramanujnagar forest vary, the official mentioned.
He mentioned the victims, Dishu (11) and his sister Kajal (5), belonged to the Pando tribe, a very weak tribal group, he mentioned.
As per preliminary info, a herd of 11 elephants attacked a hut on the hill. Whereas the mother and father managed to flee, the tuskers trampled the youngsters to demise, he mentioned.
Forest and police personnel reached the spot and despatched our bodies for autopsy, he mentioned.
The kin of the deceased have obtained on the spot reduction of Rs 25,000 every, and the remaining compensation of Rs 5.75 lakh every might be disbursed after formalities, the official mentioned.
Following the assault, 4 different huts on the hill have been vacated, and residents have been shifted to Premnagar, he mentioned, including that efforts have been underway to chase the herd away.
Human-elephant conflicts within the state, significantly within the northern half, have been a reason behind concern for the final decade. The menace has step by step been spreading to districts within the central area.
The districts dealing with the menace are Surguja, Raigarh, Korba, Surajpur, Mahasamund, Dhamtari, Gariaband, Balod and Balrampur.
Based on the forest division, greater than 300 folks have been killed in elephant assaults within the state within the final 5 years.
