Periyapatna: Accusing Forest Department Officials of failing to check wild elephant menace, villagers living in forest border areas in Periyapatna taluk have vented their ire against official apathy.
Uthenahalli is one of the most affected villages with wild elephants repeatedly straying into agricultural lands along the forest borders, destroying crops such as ragi, paddy, banana and maize. Elephants trample solar fencing to enter the fields. As elephant menace continues unchecked, villagers have complained that they are even scared to venture out of their houses during night.
