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Monday, Aug 11, 2025
The Forest Department has commenced efforts with vets and kumkis on Friday morning to tranquillize and relocate the tusker from Chinnakanal.
The forest department has planned to tranquilize and relocate the tusker from Chinnakanal within 4 hours.
The curfew will be lifted only after Arikomban is captured. The mission might be prolonged for a day or two if there is heavy rainfall.
Rumours are doing the rounds that Arikomban could be translocated to the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary.
Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary in Thiruvananthapuram tops the list of probable locations, sources said.
The condition of at least six others is understood to be critical.
The destination becomes even more attractive during the summer as wildlife ventures into the lake seeking water.
Here’s a ringside view of a few of the amazingly cool places in Idukki district that can give you respite from the hot and muggy weather.
A van carrying parcels rammed into three pedestrians.
The new camp of the kumki elephants is at 301 colony area.
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.jpg?w=315&h=164 "Mission Arikomban: Four months of uncertainty ends as translocation bid commences | Timeline")
.jpg?w=315&h=164 "Mission Arikomban: Forest dept shifts kumki elephants from Chinnakanal")
