Wild Elephant halts traffic for over 30 mins on Charmadi Ghat, causes panic among passengers
Belthangady: A bus traveling on the Charmadi Ghat road late Wednesday night was forced to stop abruptly when a wild elephant appeared on the road. The bus driver immediately applied the brakes upon spotting the elephant standing in the middle of the road, causing alarm among the passengers.
The sudden appearance of the elephant brought traffic to a standstill for an extended period. Vehicles were lined up for about two kilometers as the elephant remained on the road for over 30 minutes before eventually moving back into the forest.
Local residents have reported increased sightings of wild elephants in the Charmadi Ghat region over the past two months. They are concerned about potential attacks on nearby villages and have called on the Forest Department to take action to relocate the elephant.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
