Residents of Judibela are suffering from a group of five elephants
Locals surrounded the Division Forest Office on Sunday after elephants from Parsa National Park started destroying houses and destroying crops.
In Judibela village located in Chandrapur Municipality-2 of Rautahat, the locals are angry after wild elephants started destroying houses for four months. Locals have repeatedly requested the forest to rescue the elephants and take them to the park. They say that the Division Forest Office has not taken any initiative to take the wild elephant under control.
An elephant named Yamagaj from the park has been sitting in the Gaidatar area of Chandrapura-2 Judibela and 3 of Rautahat for 7 months. The elephant's leg is injured. Judibela Congress leader Gaurav Bamjan said that despite the demand to take control of the elephant and move it to a safe place, there was no hearing. "After destroying houses, eating crops, and attacking the locals, we were forced to surround the forest office," he said. He said that he came to surround the office because he was tired of informing the forest. He says that now five wild elephants have appeared in Judibela forest along with Yamgaj.
On Saturday night, a group of five elephants entered Judibela and destroyed the houses of Dil Bahadur Rai, Deepa Bal, Lalbabu Muktan and Kiran Bamjan. Locals stay awake all night to avoid elephant attacks.
Divisional Forest Chief Hemant Sah said that the forest department has been informed about the damage caused by the elephants and has also been asked to control it. I have already told the higher authorities. Now the concrete thing about what to do from above is yet to come,' he said, 'I am also sad that the elephants have caused damage. Coordination is being done with the park and the related agencies.' A few days ago, after they started destroying houses and damaging crops, the locals tried to drive away Yamgaj by throwing bricks, sticks and fire. A team including veterinarian Amir Sadoula and wildlife technician Tirtha Lama, who came from the National Nature Conservation Fund in Chitwan of Hatti, which usually lives in one place, injured its right leg and gave antibiotics twice by darting it.
