Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav held a review meeting in Kuno National Park with a team of researchers, scientists, and forest officials on Sunday.
According to the reports, locals spotted the carcass of an elephant in a paddy field in the Joyramkuchi area under the Lakhipur forest range in the lower Assam district and informed local forest officials.
In a video of the rescue operation that went viral on social media, the elephant could be seen trying to climb out of the well. Forest officials then brought an excavator and broke a portion of brick wall surrounding the well, allowing the elephant to climb out.
Korba (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 23 (ANI): The team of Katghora forest department on Sunday solved the mystery of a one-year-old elephant allegedly killed and buried in a field in the forest range of Katghora forest division in Chhattisgarh's Korba district.
Charaideo (Assam) [India], October 22 (ANI): A wild elephant died due to electrocution near the Napuk tea estate in the Charaideo district of Assam on Friday, forest officials confirmed.