: In Assam, locals and forest officials have joined hands to save elephants from train hits #IndiaNEWS About three years ago, the silence of a quiet evening was broken for Dinesh Das as an adult male

In Assam, locals and forest officials have joined hands to save elephants from train hits #IndiaNEWS
About three years ago, the silence of a quiet evening was broken for Dinesh Das as an adult male wild elephant entered the courtyard of his tin-roofed house in Rani, a village in the Kamrup (rural) district of Assam. The village is surrounded by the Rani Reserve Forest, an elephant habitat. “I panicked. Imagine being confronted by a jumbo,�? Das told Mongabay-India as he narrated the incident.The elephant smashed the trunk of Das’s hatchback, a grey-blue Maruti Suzuki 800. “I think it either used its trunk or foot to thrash it,�? Das recalled, adding that he was hiding inside his house throughout the time the tusker was around. Dents are still visible in the now-repaired car.The elephant also went on to feast on some freshly harvested and chopped sugarcane that used to grow in Das’s farm back then. It also devoured paddy grains stored inside a large round basket made of bamboo. It then slowly made its way out, through the rice fields, into the forest.Instances of human-elephant encounters resulting in conflicts are not rare in and around villages in the Rani Reserve Forest of Assam. In the recent past, casualties on both sides have been reported by the local media in the area.About 17 km east of...Read more

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