Spherical 27 of us died which capability of elephant attacks in several districts of Jharkhand. (Representational image)
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has expressed issues over the rising various of casualties which capability of man-elephant conflicts within the Direct and directed officials to invent a mechanism to be optimistic that no human loss of life happens which capability of attacks by the animal.
Spherical 27 of us died which capability of elephant attacks in several districts, including Ramgarh, Bokaro, Hazaribag, Chaibasa, Jamshedpur, Lohardaga, Gumla and Dumka, within the past few months, which is a “matter of serious concern”, he stated.
Mr. Soren on Saturday (February 14, 2026) held a excessive-stage meeting with prime woodland officers, a day after seven of us, including four contributors of a family, were trampled to loss of life by a herd of wild elephants in a village in Hazaribag district.
The Chief Minister directed the officials to inspire out mapping of all elephant corridors within the Direct and asked them to express specialised technical coaching to villagers within the affected areas, the build tuskers are inflicting distress to properties and killing of us.
He stated trained of us may possibly presumably perchance be integrated within the elephant rescue groups.
“Comprehensive steps must also be initiated to stop elephants from entering or straying into rural areas,” Mr. Soren suggested officials.
The CM also stated that if any particular person dies in an animal assault, the victim’s family must peaceful bag the fleshy compensation quantity inner 12 days of the incident.
Mr. Soren suggested officers to furnish entire data to the Direct authorities on the assorted of human casualties and the corresponding compensation disbursed in man-elephant warfare cases over the past 5 years.
“Our government is very sensitive towards incidents of man-elephant conflicts,” he stated.
The woodland officials suggested the Chief Minister that they were engaged on a transient and to blame mechanism for elephant rescue.
They stated that six ‘Kumki’ elephants, trained jumbos, are being dropped at Jharkhand to force away, capture or rescue wild tuskers.
Informing the CM about the Hazaribag incident, the officials stated the herd comprising 5 elephants is amazingly aggressive.
“As many as 70 teams have been deployed to manage the situation,” an legit stated.
The assorted of man-elephant conflicts increased in Jharkhand over the past two months. A single rogue tusker claimed the lives of 20 of us in West Singhbhum district in January, while a female jumbo killed 5 people in Bokaro district this month.
Man-elephant conflicts in Jharkhand procure left as many as 474 of us expressionless for the reason that 2019-20 fiscal, fixed with a authorities represent.
Printed – February 15, 2026 09:17 am IST
