A herd of 50 wild elephants, which has strayed out of the Jungle created havoc and damaged five houses in Doomdooma's Kumsang on Wednesday.
The wild elephants has been wreaking havoc in the region for the last few daysPeople living in the region are spending sleepless nights as the herd often strays into these areas.The locals are in outrage and alleged that the forest department officials have not taken steps even after several complaints
On the other hand in Nagaon, a herd of 10-11 wild elephants caused terror in Samaguri. The elephants have been destroying croplands at Hahsora Borali Gaon. The villagers had to patrol theGuwahati Silghat rail track to scare away the elephants and there have been allegations against forest department officials of not taking any steps.
The villagers are living in terror anticipating elephant attack.
In Golaghat too pachyderm's created havoc on Thursday after which the forst guards had to fire shots to scare them away in Murphuloni.