A 70 -year -old woman was trampled on Tuesday morning to death in the village of Ammancaav in Pandalur Taluk.
The deceased was identified as P. Lakshmi, who stayed in a tantea-applied residential neighborhood in the Nelliyalam division. According to Lakshmi officials on Tuesday morning he washed the tools in front of her house, when the elephant, which was assumed that he was walking nearby, attacked and killed her.
Local residents who heard Lakshmi shouts for help were in a hurry to chase the animal. Her body was obtained and sent to the posthumous.
After the incident, a group of people led by Gudalur Mla Pon Jeyeseelan organized a protest in collapalli and demanded that the forest department to find a permanent solution to negate the negative interactions of man-slon in the region. Demonstrators demanded that elephants located near human dwellings be persecuted deep into the reserve forests and that the separation should erase unkempt parts of the tea tree that overgrown with vegetation that limited visibility and allow animals to access the houses without being seen.
After a few hours, the protesting dispersed after the assurance that their requirements would be met.
Published – 22 July 2025 20:54 IS IS
