Haridwar, Dec. 9 -- While people in the mountainous regions are facing problems due to leopards, those in the plains are tackling the effects of elephants moving in placed inhabited by humans. An elephant arriving near the BHEL area caused much commotion among the locals here on the weekend.
Solar fencing was erected by the Forest Department on a seven kilometre stretch from Bilkeshwar Temple to Ranipur to reduce the movement of elephants.
This seemed to have some effect initially but on Sunday, an elephant caused a stir by coming through a broken portion of the safety wall.
An elephant came to the Shiva temple in front of Tibdi Shivlok along the safety wall through the BHEL main hospital. On being informed about an elephant entering an ...