picture for illustration | Photo Credit: Okay Okay Mustafah
The scholar, recognized as C.Okay. Adi, a trainee at Kakkayangad ITI, was on his solution to the institute when he encountered the elephant. Witnesses mentioned the animal, noticed earlier within the Pookund space, chased him. Adi managed to flee by operating into a close-by home.
Locals mentioned the elephant, which had been pushed into the forest, returned to the residential space as a substitute of shifting deeper inside. The dense undergrowth within the area makes it tough to identify the elephants till they’re dangerously shut, they mentioned.
Six months in the past, a pair, Veli and Leela, had been killed by an elephant in Block 13, prompting a choice to clear the undergrowth. However, the work was halted halfway because of lack of funds, permitting the forest to develop again.
Residents additionally alleged that non permanent photo voltaic fencing has did not preserve elephants away because the animals break by means of and return.
Despite Operation Gaja Mukti drives to chase them again into the wild elephants proceed to re-enter the inhabited areas, sparking renewed issues about human-wildlife battle in Aralam.
Published – September 19, 2025 10:37 am IST
