Farmers from villages in the Thadagam valley have demanded immediate intervention from the Forest Department to drive out a lone tusker that caused damages to crops in several farms in the past few days. The tusker entered at least seven farms in villages, including Somayanur, Kalayanur and Pappanaickenpalayam in Thadagam valley on Wednesday night. According to farmers, the tusker damaged …
A 61-year-old man from Kalayanur near Coimbatore, who went for a morning walk in his locality, was attacked by a wild elephant on Wednesday. Forest Department officials said that Mr. Ganesh had a close encounter with a lone wild elephant when he went for a morning walk from Kalayanur to Somayanur on Coimbatore – Anaikatti Road around 5.30 a.m. R. …
