Wild elephant attack: farmers resume protest in front of Peruvannamoozhi forest office

A section of hillside farmers owing allegiance to the We Farm farmers’ collective on Thursday resumed their sit-in in front of the Peruvannamoozhi forest office alleging that the department failed to

A section of hillside farmers owing allegiance to the We Farm farmers’ collective on Thursday resumed their sit-in in front of the Peruvannamoozhi forest office alleging that the department failed to control the wild elephant menace in Chakkittappara panchayat. It was on July 10 that large acres of agricultural land came under the attack of wild elephants. Following the incident, a farmer and his family members had resorted to a sit-in in front of the Peruvannamoozhi forest range office. On Wednesday, a wild tusker again entered his field and caused huge damage. Leaders of We Farm complained that the situation remained the same even after a recent discussion chaired by the Divisional Forest Officer to settle farmers’ complaints. Though one of the farmers who suffered serious loss in wild elephant attack staged a sit-in to draw the department’s attention, it failed to evoke any favourable response, they claimed.