Era of elephants in Jharkhand, 21 lives lost in just 9 days, when will this series of deaths stop?

News India Live, Digital Desk: A news is coming from the forests and villages of Jharkhand which is enough to scare anyone. We call elephants Gajraj and worship them, but what is happening in the West Singhbhum area of ​​Jharkhand for the last few days is like a terrible nightmare.

Recently news has come that an elephant made two more people its prey. The sad thing is that this is not an isolated incident. last A total of 21 people died in elephant attacks within 9 days. Have lost your life. Just imagine what that family must be going through who suddenly lost their loved ones.

The doors close in the evening

Nowadays, the situation in the rural areas of West Singhbhum is such that people hide in their homes as soon as the sun sets. The villages which were once known for evening vivacity and conversation, today there is only silence and fear. People are forced to keep vigil throughout the night by lighting torches and forming groups. The death toll of 21 people has given sleepless nights to the forest department and administration.

Why are elephants becoming aggressive?

This question is in everyone’s mind that why did elephants suddenly become so violent? Environmental experts believe that there could be several reasons behind this:

1. Interference in corridor: When human activities or encroachment on elephant corridors increase, they wander towards villages.
2. Food shortage: Due to depletion of forests and lack of food there, elephants are drawn towards crops and houses.
3. Fear and Defense: Many times, when humans and animals come face to face, elephants attack due to fear.

Challenge for administration and forest department

There is huge pressure on the administration after 21 deaths. Forest department teams are trying to drive away the elephants, but success seems to be difficult. At many places, elephants are not being found and are changing their location again and again. The process of compensating the affected families has begun, but can money fill the gap left by death?

Now what next?

There is a need to take the help of technology and better management. Every movement of elephants should be monitored through radio collars or GPS. Also, villagers should also be made aware that if elephants come near the village, they should not approach them or try to provoke them.

This incident in Jharkhand reminds us that our relationship with nature has lost balance somewhere. We hope that the administration will soon be able to divert these elephants to a safe path and the loss of lives of innocent people will stop.

In these difficult times, our thoughts are with all the families who have lost loved ones this week.