Elephant gets electrocuted, dies in Hindol of Odisha, forest department probes
In a tragic incident yet another elephant has met its untimely death in Dhenkanal district of Odisha said reliable reports on Wednesday morning.
Hindol: In a tragic incident yet another elephant has met its untimely death in Dhenkanal district of Odisha said reliable reports on Wednesday morning.
According to reports, the elephant got electrocuted and died after coming in contact with a live electric wire that had been laid to prevent wild animals. The incident took place near Kantakula Canal in Hindol forest division, said reliable reports.
The forest department and electric department in Hindol have reached the spot and are investigating into the matter.
With almost 1,200 elephants killed in the last 10 years across India — 245 of them in the past three years in Odisha, said a survey in this regard alone the gentle giants are at a grave risk, with just 27,000 left in the country at present.
The decision makers need to be sensitised with awareness programs specific to elephants, their vital role as climate mitigators and ecosystem engineers, and the cascading effects of their disappearance from our planet.
(With Inputs From IANS)
Ms Kalinga