The ration shop at Panniyar, near Santhanpara in Idukki, that had come under attack by wild tusker Arikompan nearly 12 times after 2019, has been rebuilt.
The new building will be inaugurated on Monday. The ration shop was run in a building owned by Harrisons Malayalam Limited (HML) at Panniyar, near Santhanpara. The shop hit headlines after the tusker repeatedly raided the shop to eat rice, wheat, sugar, etc.
According to the ration shop owner P.L. Antony, the tusker attacked the shop five times in January 2023. The last attack occurred on January 27, when the building was fully destroyed.