Bihar News: Once again, a herd of elephants has created havoc in Bihar’s West Champaran. These days, in the Valmikinagar and Gonauli forest areas of VTR Forest Division 2 in Bagaha situation, a herd of elephants that had strayed from Chitwan National Park in the neighbouring country of Nepal is once again recording its presence. In the same sequence, elephants also vandalised the mobile chariot of Devnarayan Rauniyar near the SSB camp located at Valmiki Ashram. At the same time, elephant movement was also recorded behind the Jatashankar temple on Friday morning.
The elephants also damaged the entrance road of Gonauli Naka.
The Gonauli Naka entrance road along with two boards placed by the Forest Department at the entrance of the Gonauli forest area road near the Jatashankar temple have also been damaged by elephants. It is feared that the Nepalese elephants have moved into the Gonauli forest area from Habitation No. T-3 via Barwa Mathi, Kala Pani area. However, Rajkumar Paswan, forest range officer, Valmikinagar, refrained from saying anything about the exact number of elephants. He said that the forest workers are keeping a watch on the elephants with the help of their pug marks.
Forest department alerts after incident
With special caution, the elephants from the Tiger Reserve have been shifted to the Gonauli forest area from the security point of view. He said that normally the elephant herd returns to Nepalese territory after roaming in the Tiger Reserve. But sometimes, when they move towards residential areas, the possibility of destruction and loss becomes extremely strong. A team of forest personnel is busy keeping a watch on the elephants. The Forest Department officials are keeping a close eye on the situation. From the security point of view, the Forest Department has appealed to the common people not to enter the forest area.
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