Hanagodu: A wild elephant is battling for life as it fell into a drainage when villagers and Forest Officials were attempting to drive it back to the woods. Stuck in the drain, the elephant can neither move nor get up. Department officials are trying to get a tamed elephant and an earth mover to lift the trapped pachyderm.
The incident occurred early this morning in the surroundings of Kolave Ramalingeshwara Temple near Hanagodu coming under Nagarahole Tiger Reserve limits. The place has official quarters of the Forest Department and the entire area is fenced with Railway tracks. As it would be convenient for entry and exit, the Department officials had made a passage by cutting the railing fence.
