7 elephants electrocuted by power lines in Odisha village
Bhubaneswar, Oct 27 (IBNS): At least seven elephants died after they came in contact with a sagging power line in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, media reports said on Saturday.
Officials said a herd of 13 elephants entered Kamalanga village under Dhenkanal Sadar forest range last night in search of food when they came in contact with the 11KV laid by the railway department for track construction work, reported Hindustan Times.
The carcasses were reportedly found first by some villagers in the area.
“We have repeatedly told the forest department about 200 spots in Dhenkanal where high voltage power lines are sagging and could endanger the lives of elephants, but no action has been taken. The deaths are unpardonable,” Dr Biswajit Mohanty of Wildlife Society of Odisha, a reputed wildlife conservation organisation of the State, told the newspaper.
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