Tuskers remain cool to people

By Our Staff Correspondent

TUMKUR, JULY 9. People living in the outskirts of Tumkur city enjoyed watching three tuskers today, which had reportedly strayed away from Savandurga forests, even as the Police and Forest Department officials struggled to return them to the forests.

It was said the elephants were first spotted on Saturday morning at Nerlapura. They were eating tender plantains in a garden, where a number of acrea trees were found destroyed.

The Kyatsandra police inspector, Mr. Sridhar, and the PSI, Mr. Pampapathi, along with a group of Forest Department officials successfully drove the elephants towards Jellamaranahalli hills range in Magadi taluk.

However, they were forced to stop the "chase" at Maskal later in the afternoon, due to heavy rain. Today, a boy in Baddihalli noticed the animals in the early hours. It is suspected that the animals returned at night.

The boy, Suresh, said he was startled when a big lump of mud suddenly fell on his head. When he turned he saw one of the tuskers trying to take its leg out of slush. The elephants then marched towards K.Palasandra.

A huge range of gardens surrounding Palasandra provided the animals enough scope to hide. Unlike two other tuskers, which had invaded the area two years ago and killed a person, the present herd has remained cool to crowds of people.

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