A wild elephant damaged the home of an adivasi family in Kozhikolli village in Puliyampara near Gudalur recently. The adivasi family, who suffered minor injuries in the incident, has appealed to the government to build permanent housing for them to prevent such incidents in the future.
The elephant is said to have damaged at least two houses in the village. In the incident, the roof of the house belonging to Sivasankaran’s family collapsed . He and his eight-month-old grand-daughter Vinithu suffered minor injuries.
The family, along with others, has appealed to the government to build permanent houses for them.
