Belthangady: Wild elephants menace continues; banana crop in Kalmanja farmer's field destroyed
Belthangady: A farmer in Berke area of Kalmanja village in the taluk, Prashanth Kakatkar, lost all the banana plants in his farm in a case of wild elephants attack on Thursday night.
The wild elephant menace is still rampant in Belthangady taluk, much to the frustration of farmers, which is only increasing as they continue to experience heavy losses.
A couple of days ago too, a herd of wild elephants raided fields in Nerthane as well as Mittabagilu village near Dharmasthala. Both the villages have witnessed repeated attacks by the elephants over their fields. The farmers in the villages between Rekhya and Mittabagilu in the taluk live in constant fear of the ferocious pachyderms as the area borders forests.
While the people of Belthangady have been working constantly at keeping the wild elephants away from their fields, their efforts have not yet yielded suitable results.
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Five crushed to death after truck ploughs into tent in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): At least five people, including two children, were killed and as many persons injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this central Kerala district early on Tuesday, police said.
The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the truck on a national highway in Nattika, under the Valapad police station limits, at 4.30 am, they said.
The injured have been admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, with the condition of two individuals reported as serious, police said.
Among the deceased are two children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. Two women were also killed.
The driver and cleaner of the vehicle have been taken into custody, police added.
