Budhni Bote of Madi Municipality-1 Pandavanagar was sleeping on the night of 8th January. In his sleep, he felt as if something had grabbed him. Rumors were also heard in the village. She was not even fully awake, someone dragged her outside. The house was completely destroyed. A wild elephant entered the village and targeted his house. A bag of rice sent by her daughter from Nawalparasi to Koseli was pulled by the elephant and ate some and spilled some. The salt shakes are broken and sprinkled.

"The elephant didn't do anything to me," Budhani said with a sigh. The debris that fell while demolishing the house crushed his body. After reaching Bharatpur Hospital, she was treated. After taking medicine for 10/15 days, the pain has decreased. But the heart has not stopped burning . "Now, I am worried about how to build this house," said Budhani.

Wild elephants destroyed his house in December last year. It seems normal to see a thatched roof, a house covered with thatch and covered with mud. But it also costs money to make it . Last year Zenten she repaired the broken house . After being repeatedly attacked by elephants, only a few pillars and a door are left of his house.

The wild male elephant that comes to his house is 'Dhruvey'. This once very aggressive elephant has earned a lot of infamy. 'Dropatinagar' is a village connected with Pandavanagar. Dropatinagar is associated with the rise of the 'Dhruvey' elephant. But that was decades ago. This elephant killed 60-year-old Buddhiram Bote and his wife Zaria Bote of Dropatinagar on 30th November 2069. Before this incident in Dropatinagar, "Dhruvey" killed one person on October 27th and another person on November 19th of the same year . Both these incidents were around Madi Dropatinagar.

After killing four people consecutively in the same area within a month and a half, the administration decided to kill the 'Polar' elephant. At that time, the government had spent Rs. Many speculated that 'Dhruvey', who suddenly disappeared as the team with the army began to follow, might have died. Because 'Dhruvey' was also shot . On the contrary, in the winter of 2073, 'Dhruvey' appeared in the forest of the western region of Chitwan Park. According to the information given by the officials of Chitwan Park through press conferences from time to time, "Pole" appeared in Chitwan for the first time in the winter of 2066 .

According to the records of Chitwan National Park, the male elephant killed a human for the first time on 23 March 2066. After that, till the incident in Dropatinagar, 'Dhruvey' had killed 15 people . Even though the government sent the army to kill him, "Dhruvey" survived, although he is not as aggressive as before, he has not stopped attacking people . In January 2078, Dhruve killed a soldier stationed in Chitwan Park. Before that, in Chaitra 2077, a woman was also killed in Patihani after being attacked by a 'Dhruveh' elephant. During the rhino count of 2077, the elephants riding the count started running away when they met with 'Dhruvey' in the western area of ​​Chitwan Park. Because of this, Vinod Shrestha of Sarik National Nature Conservation Fund Sauraha office fell from the elephant and got seriously injured. He still hasn't recovered.

The 'Dhruvey' elephant with such a past comes to Budhani's house in the courtyard. Where will we go after leaving this place? This is where the ancestors lived," said 72-year-old Shuk Bahadur Bote, Budhani's husband.

The western border of Pandavanagar village is Chitwan Park. The forest of the park is connected to Budhni's house. To the north is the river Riu . Chitwan park is located across Riu river. Animals keep coming to the place surrounded by the park . Although she has a husband and sons and daughters, Budhni lives alone in a separate hut.

'I need Chokhonito . Do not eat fish, meat, or alcohol. Calling the deity, I offer water . Others will eat anything . So I am living apart from my family . But I am afraid because of elephants," Budhani said.

The officials of the park say that although the 'Dhruvey' elephants have reached Saurha Khorsor in the eastern region of Chitwan Park, they are mostly concentrated in the western region . Conservation officer Avinash Thapa Magar, who is information officer of Chitwan National Park, said that although they have been destroying houses, eating rice and other food in recent years, they have not attacked people.

Rajkumar Pathak, Treasurer of Panch Pandav Intermediate Consumer Committee of Chitwan Park, says that the Hardam team is ready to drive away elephants due to the possibility of coming. After August, October, elephants enter the village and cause trouble till January.

'We have taken a tractor to chase elephants . We have trained the locals to drive elephants safely. We will also take the help of the army," Pathak said.

In addition to this, due to the installation of fences and walls, animals are becoming less and less likely to enter the village, he said. "We have tried to prevent large animals like elephants by putting up a RCC concrete wall of about one and a half kilometers towards the western forest. The elephant is coming towards the village because the wall cannot be built in the hole. We are also looking for a way to stop it," Pathak said.

Because of the river to the east, the check fence could not be installed . Villagers should always be alert as there is a danger of animals entering from the eastern border. The Bote community is a tribal of Chitwan living on the banks of streams and rivers. Traditionally, they adopted the profession of fishing and rowing boats. But now fishing in rivers and streams has been strictly prohibited under the guise of parks. The profession of rowing a boat has been closed . Most of the Bate community do not have land in their name .

Budhni and her family also have no land in their name . They don't have the means to leave their old place and live elsewhere. No matter where I go, I don't have money to buy land. No one will let you stay like that . At first there was a lot of fear of animals. Now it has decreased a bit but it has not stopped completely . We are living in fear of when and what will happen," said Shuk Bahadur.