Balangir jumbo dies due
to electrocution
Thursday, 20 September
2018 | PNS | BALANGIR
Bolangir An
adult female elephant was found dead in Upparjhar -Phatamunda road near
Kuimunda, around 24km away from here. Initial reports suggested that the
elephant was electrocuted as an electricity pole fell down on it while moving
in the area. The forest officials dismissed allegations of poaching.
On
a tipoff, forest officials, including DFO Balangir Sameer Satpathy, ACF BC Roul
and others rushed to the spot and recovered the carcass. “More details would be
known after the postmortem report of elephant was available,” clarified Forest
Department sources.
It
would be pertinent to mention here that in October 2017, a joint coordination
meeting of Wesco officials and forest officials of Balangir and Subarnapur
districts was held at the DFO office. In the meeting, several vulnerable points
where elephant are prone to electrocution were identified.
However, a proposal for
corrective actions is now gathering dust in the PCCF office
In a shocking incident,an adult male elephant was found dead in Upparjhar -Phatamunda road near Kuimunda around 24km away from here.
ReplyDeleteInitial reports suggest that while moving in that area,the adult female elephant appears to rubbed with the electricity pole and as the pole fell down the elephant dies after getting shock from earthing of electricity line which contacted and led to his death.However postmortem by VS revealed that it was a male elephant.The small size tusk has been recovered from the body of elephant
It was a male elephant.