Wild elephants have damaged one more house in Thadagam valley in Coimbatore district. Three elephants, including a calf, damaged the house of C. Nagarajan (70) in Dhaliyur, Pannimadai village in the valley, early on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.
The elephants entered a maize field adjacent to the house at around 1.45 a.m. They then approached the house around 2.45 a.m. before damaging the roof of a cow shed nearby.
“The elephants damaged the main door and a window. My parents, aunt and I were inside the house when the incident took place,” said N. Sudharshan, son of Mr. Nagarajan. According to him, he had alerted field staff of the Forest Department when the elephants entered the field. Had the staff come swiftly, the damage to the house could have been prevented, he said.
