With increasing incidents of wild elephants entering villages in the Madukkarai region of Coimbatore, conservationists are raising concerns over the disturbances and infrastructural developments taking place along the proposed Kalkothy – Walayar elephant corridor, a critical route for elephants to move between Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
It is one of the 42 corridors identified by the State government appointed Elephant Corridor Committee.
Forest Department officials and biologists say that disturbances in places bordering forests are forcing wild elephants to enter villages and engage in crop raiding. Recently, a tusker that entered Karadimadai village attacked three people on a single night.
