Forty elephants which were driven to Jawalagiri Reserve
Forests a month ago returned to Sanamavu Reserve Forests on Saturday
morning, forest officials here said.
The elephant herd was prevented from entering Karnataka by Karnataka forest officials and people.
The
movement of the herd towards Podur Pallam was prevented by the
officials at Sinigiripalli, the other side of the Hosur-Royakottai road.
With this, the number of elephants at Sanamavu Reserve Forests and Melumalai has gone up to 55, the officials said.
Forest
officials have been posted at Kukkalapalli, Pannapalli, Pathakottai,
Uthanapalli, and Azhiyalam villages to prevent the animals from entering
human habitations.
The team is led by Conservator of
Forest (in charge) Dharmapuri Circle A.K. Ulaganathan, and Assistant
Conservator of Forest A. Soundararajan, and Hosur Forest Ranger S.
Sukumar.
The elephants would be driven back to Denkanikottai on Saturday night, an official said.
The herd of about 13 elephants which is roaming inside Podur Pallam Reserve Forests came out on Friday night.
They were sighted at South Pennar behind the Dakshina Tirupathi Temple.
A
pair of elephants were roaming in Melumalai Reserve Forests after
creating ruckus near Kaveripattinam, Krishnagiri, and other towns during
the last one-and-a-half month.
