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45-year-old Amina Rajwanshi died on Sunday this week after being attacked by a wild elephant in Belbari, Morang. Like him, five people have died in Morang due to attacks by wild elephants in one year.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Kopila Chundal informed that a wild elephant attacked the Rajwanshi house of Bansbari Municipality-8 when he was attacked by a wild elephant. On Thursday morning, 41-year-old Amit Limbu of Belbari-10 Bhaune was seriously injured in an attack by a wild elephant.
In the fiscal year 2081/82, three women and two men were killed by wild elephants in the district, according to the Division Forest Office in the district. Bimal KC, the forest officer of the office, informed that three people died in Sundararaicha municipality, one person each in Belbari municipality and Letang municipality.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Chundal, 43-year-old Man Bahadur Iwahang Limbu, a resident of Letang Municipality-9, died on the spot when an elephant attacked him in the Kopila community forest near his house on February 25. He said that due to deforestation, fire and other reasons, wild elephants have started entering the settlements in search of food and safety, so the incidents of attacks have started to increase.
Gangamaya Shrestha of Sundarharaicha-10 on December 5th, Chandrakumari Limbu of Sundarharaicha-5 on December 15th and Hariprasad Ghimire of Sundarharaicha on January 5th died after being attacked by wild elephants, Forest Officer KC said.
According to the statistics of Division Forest Office, 17 people have died from elephant attacks since 2068. According to the office, nine elephants died during that period. He informed that among them, four elephants died due to natural causes, two due to theft, one due to shooting, one due to neglect and one due to electrocution.
Chairman of Lakshmi Community Forest Consumer Committee Sujay Gautam said that the number of wild elephants has increased in the east-west highway area of Morang for two years. "Every night, wild elephants enter the village and make people panic, and they make the farmers suffer by eating crops", he said.
In addition to taking necessary precautions in the areas around the forest, the Division Forest Office has requested everyone not to leave the house at night except for unnecessary work and keep lights on outside the house.
