Bardiya, Dec. 24 -- An elephant damaged the concrete wall of Sundar Tharu's house in Ishwariganj Mahila Tole of ward 9 in Rajapur Municipality last year. Tharu and his family were unharmed as they were away attending a feast at a relative's house at the time.

Following the incident, Tharu has been living elsewhere due to fear of elephants, said former barghar (traditional village head) Bishnu Chaudhary. He said elephants have damaged houses belonging to Devilal Oli, Sharmila Tharu, Mangal Thapa, Bishnu Devi Khatri and others in the village over the past year.

Elephants also destroyed wheat and mustard crops belonging to dozens of farmers, including Bishnu Devi Khatri, this week. Khatri said elephants damaged her crops four times in a ro...