An entire village has been relocated to secure an elephant corridor, bringing to an end a 40-year-old struggle between elephant and man in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.
Ram Terang village in Daigurung corridor has been bearing the brunt of man-elephant conflict for over 40 years.
"The elephants come frequently and break our houses, people are injured as well from time to time," a villager said.
Around 60 people get killed each year due to man-elephant conflict in Assam, which is way above the national average. Around 100 elephants die across the country for various causes emerging from this conflict.
Deputy Director of Wildlife Trust of India Sandeep Kumar Tiwari said, "They come from that hill and moves through this land to this forest."
Hence, this village is now being moved to another location about two kilometers away. The new village named as the New Ram Terang village has been built by the Wildlife Trust of India. Around 19 families are being shifted in a phased manner to this village.
"They are given houses and farm land so that they stop Jhum cultivation and imbibe the other farming practices," Tiwari said.
Over 450 people die every year in the man-elephant conflict.
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