Chhattisgarh: Wild elephant tramples man to death; 11th such fatality in state in Sept
The Hindu
The kin of the deceased were provided an immediate aid of ₹ 25,000 each.
A 50-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district on Sunday, taking the count of such fatalities in the state to 11 so far this month, a forest official said.
The incident took place at around 2 a.m. at Badma village under Pratappur forest range, he said.
As per the preliminary information, there was a folk dance programme in the village and after watching the event, the victim, identified as Veersai Paikra, was going to drop a girl of his village to her home when the incident happened, he said.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists