Assam

Wild elephants wreck havoc in Doomdooma

Pratidin Bureau

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.

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