News Muncher - searching for food

NILGIRIS: A tusker believed to be aged 35 years suffocated to death after it got stuck in a swamp in a banana plantation at Thenvayal near Gudalur on Sunday morning. Forest department sources said the animal may have come to the plantation in search of food and water in the early hours of Sunday. After daybreak, locals saw the elephant …

COIMBATORE: A viral video of an elephant consuming plastic waste along with the leftover food on the roadside at Nellakottai on the Gudalur Sultan Bathery road left activists and forest officials worried. Though activists had earlier spotted plastic paper, sanitary napkins, and masks in elephant dung in Maruthamalai foothills and Gudalur, this is the first evidence of an elephant consuming …

Food delivery staff in TN's Tiruchy brave heat for fancy ratings

TIRUCHY: With the mercury level in Tiruchy hovering over 40 degree Celsius on most days, food delivery agents are left with few options but to brave the heat and ride on to meet orders on time. Mohammed Hameed, a delivery agent working for a prominent platform, said, "It's a tough task to commute during these hours as temperature would go …

Garbage truck used to deliver food to sanitation workers in TN's Tiruchy, 3 corporation staff suspended

TIRUCHY: The corporation has placed suspension on three employees of a private firm in charge of solid waste management in the city after they allegedly attempted to use a garbage truck to deliver food to sanitation workers who were on special duty in Srirangam on Friday. Photographs of the food placed in garbage truck were widely shared on social media, …

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