Morung Express News Dimapur | July 30 A herd of wild elephants destroyed plantations at Rilan border village, Dimapur. Standing crops spread over a few bighas of individual lands were consumed by the foraging pachyderms. As per the Rilan Village Council (RVC), the pachyderms intruded the village around midnight before they were driven away by the villagers. RVC chairman said that wild elephants frequently intrude the village from the nearby forest in Assam, particularly during the monsoon. He said that there have been instances of elephants targeting food items and edible plants well within residential compounds but this time, the herd only targeted plantations and a bamboo grove, the chairman said. The barbed wire fencing securing the plantations was no match for them. Stating that there has been no human casualty thus far, he expressed apprehension that it would turn into a violent human-animal conflict if it is not checked. He said that the district administration was informed of the incident and also wished the department of Forests & Wildlife would intervene.
