Odisha villagers take MLA on forced march to assess jumbo damage
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Farmers were protesting against govt. apathy on crop depredation by the herd.
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Farmers were protesting against govt. apathy on crop depredation by the herd.
Annoyed over loss human lives, crops and property due to depredation by elephants over several months, angry villagers in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district forced their local legislator walk around the affected villages to assess the damage.
Forest department officials were also forced to walk along with Basanti Hembram, MLA of Karanjia constituency in Mayurbhanj.
Residents of Kadamodaka village under Karanjia block had blocked National Highway 220 at Tato over destruction caused by a herd of elephants from neighbouring Jharkhand for the past five months. They were demanding compensation for the loss of lives and property caused by the elephants and wanted the herd moved away from their village.