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Sunday, Jun 22, 2025
The forest department will resume the operation to tranquillize the killer elephant on Monday at 5.30 am.
There was serious lethargy on the part of Karnataka's top forest officials in tracking technology transfer including sharing tracking passwords and user ID, exclusive tracking gadgets and frequency details of the problem elephant Belur Makhna to the Kerala counterparts despite repeated requests.
The Forest Minister was talking to the media on the sidelines of the high-level meeting convened to discuss the failure of the forest dept in tracking Belur Makana and the alleged lack of inter-state coordination.
As the elephant has moved to the Mannundi region, signals from its radio collar are not currently receiving, said an official.
Raman currently lives with his extended family in a dilapidated 100-year-old thatched house.
Ajeesh's relative said the government assured them that all their debts would be written off as he was the sole breadwinner of the family.
According to the order issued by the Principal Chief Forest conservator (Wildlife) and Chief Wildlife warden, Kerala, D Jayaprasad, trained captive elephants will be used to drive away the wild elephants to the forest.
Around 3,000 residents gathered at the Gandhi Junction in Mananthavady town in protest, bringing the locality to a standstill.
Named Sri Shankara Hariharan, the robotic elephant was recently offered by Sangita Iyer, an Indian-born Canadian citizen, a true lover of Asiatic elephants.
The incident occurred while the elephant was under the observation of the Kerala Forest Department.
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