Rampage of elephant

The Rising Nepal

August 4, 2007

BARDIYA: Four families have been displaced after a wild elephant coming from Bariya National Park dismantled houses in Dandagaun in ward no. 3 of Suryapatuwa VDC from time to time.

Elephants have destroyed foodstuff stored in the house, said chairman of the Geruwa Community forest, Dhanamaya Bikka.

However, there was no human casualty as the men in houses fled from homes.Already hit by flood, people in the region was further panicked by terror created by wild elephants.

As National Park has not paid attention to their plight, wild elephants have continued to attack houses.