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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Vijay Pinjarkar | TNN

Jumbos cross over to Chhattisgarh after 5-month stay in Gadchiroli

NAGPUR: After five-month sojourn in Gadchiroli district, the herd of 23 elephants crossed over to Chhattisgarh side and is learned to have travelled nearly 150km distance as crow flies in the last six days. Elephants usually can travel over 25km in a day.

Conservator of forests (CF) Kishore Mankar said, “On March 16, we were told that the location of the elephants was near Ramgarh village in Rajnandgaon division. The last location of the herd in Gadchiroli was in Dhanora range, which is close to Chhattisgarh.”

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