13Nov,2025.
Bolangir: A juvenile Jumbo, which
fell into an abandoned shallow well near Bijamal village in the Tikhari Reserve
Forest in the Muribahal forest range, was rescued by forest personnel and
others on Thursday morning.
According to reports on Thursday
night, the night a Jumbo fell into an abandoned shallow well in Bijamal village
and was unable to come out.
After getting information, Muribahal Forest Range staff and others rushed to the spot and took measures, like making a passage to the well, so that Jumbo could come out. After around two hours of effort, the Jumbo could come out. While fleeing into the forest, it injured a forester, says Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Bolangir, Ajit Bisi, to this correspondent over the phone.
The forester, identified as Pradeep Nath, works with the Kenduleaf wing of the forest department.
The Jumbo was inside the well for hours and was not able to come out. It was in a mentally stressed condition. When it came out from inside the well, rather than going into the forest in the expected way, it moved in another direction and ran fast, and while fleeing, the jumbo injured the forester.
A total of 60 elephants have been
staying in groups in different patches of Tikhari Reserve Forest in the
Muribahal forest range for the last nine months.
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