Elephants destroy more than 12 acres of banana plantation in Odisha

A herd of about 25 elephants, led by four tuskers, including five calves, went on a rampage in Khamnipada and five adjoining villages and damaged banana plants, high yield mango seedlings, vegetables and rabi crops.
More than 12 acres of banana plantation grown by tribal farmers on the embankment of Rahul river in Balliguda Forest Division in Odisha's Kandhamal district has been damaged by the marauding elephants.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 12 January 2017.

A total of 24 tribal farmers of Khamnipada village had been given financial assistance to raise banana plants in 32 acres of land. They had planted 32,000 plants in 32 acres on the embankment of Rahul river of which about 12,000 plants and 2000 high yield mango seedlings worth over Rs 5 lakh were destroyed by the jumbos.
The jumbo herd is still on the rampage at Majordhapa reserve forest. The DFO has assured that the extent of loss due to the jumbo menace is being calculated by forest officials and, because the affected villages fall under the natural habitat of elephants, all the affected farmers will be compensated.


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