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Elephant herd threatens life and property in Nagaland

Kohima, Nov 16 (UNI) A herd of wild elephants, reportedly foraging for food in the cultivable lands and forest areas of New Riphyim village under Wokha district, has become life threatening and a cause of frustration for the entire community,

In a release the Chairman of the New Riphyim village Nyimtsemo Odyuo has informed that only recently a herd of wild elephants, numbering around 50, have been sighted venturing inside the paddy fields of the village, posing grave danger to the villagers. The New Riphyim village, which was declared as ‘Green Village’ by the Nagaland Government, have only a one-way road to their cultivations and plantations areas and with the presence of wild elephants, it has become unsafe for the villagers to even go to their fields, the Chairman further claimed. And since the villagers solely depend on farming activities for their livelihood, there is a growing apprehension among the villagers of their crops being raided and damaged by the elephants, thereby causing great loss.
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