Cuttack: A 17-member herd of elephants have caused largescale damage to standing crops in various panchayats of the Tangi-Choudwar block of Cuttack district over the last couple of days.
The jumbos from the Dalijoda range of the Cuttack Forest Division have caused extensive damage to paddy crops that were about to be harvested in Safa, Karanji, Mangarajpur, Mahisalanda, etc panchayats, reports said.
The incidents have caused severe resentment among the farmers. Farmers have complained that reporting of the incidents to the Forest Department have yielded no results.