Wild elephants wreak havoc in Bara

BIRGUNJ, Sept 8: Wild elephants from the Parsa Wildlife Reserve have destroyed crops in around 10 bigahas of land in Dumarwana, Bara.



Locals had to seek help of the police to drive away the elephants that wreaked havoc in ward number six, seven and eight of the village since Monday night. The police succeeded in driving away around two dozen elephants at 4 am on Tuesday after firing four rounds of bullets.



The farmers complained that the reserve had done nothing to control the terror of elephants in the area.

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