The Mukhiya further added that for the last week, a herd of elephants has been roaming around and destroying the standing crops in the region but the Forest Department did not take any concrete action in this regard.Meanwhile, financial assistance of Rs 25000 has been given by the Forest department as an immediate relief to the deceased’s family. The department has also warned the local people to stay away from the herd of elephants.The situation still remains critical as the herd of elephants is still present in the forests and is entering the villages during the night in search of food. The people residing in the region are demanding relief from the terror of elephants from the forest department.According to data available from the forest department, out of the total of 24 districts, 20 districts have elephants, due to which, on average 80 people are killed, while over 150 suffer injuries in man-elephant conflict every year in Jharkhand.Admitting that humans have intruded into the elephant corridor resulting in an increase in man-elephant conflicts in recent years, the state government has launched an elephant tracking app ‘Jharkhand Elephant Tracker’ which can be downloaded from Play Store.Besides informing people about exact location of the elephants, this app also helps people in making preparations to deal with the menace. An integrated alarm mechanism has also been introduced into the app wherein alarms are sent through SMS and WhatsApp to villagers as soon as an elephant enters within a 5 km radius of their villages.
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