18 elephants found dead in Assam’s Nagaon
As many as elephants”>18 elephants have been found dead in distant hill areas of Assam’s Nagaon district on Thursday. According to Assam Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya, preliminary investigation means that the elephants died as a consequence of electrocution brought on by lightning. However, the precise cause can solely be confirmed after publish mortem.
“It is a very saddening incident. This has never happened before in the Assam forest. Today afternoon, when it was raining, a thunder struck and 18 elephants died,” minister instructed to ANI.
He additional knowledgeable that he will probably be visiting the spot on Friday and a publish mortem of the elephants will probably be performed.
“When we received the news, our DFO along with a veterinary doctor reached the site. In his report, the doctor has stated thundering as the reason. Tomorrow I will be visiting the location with five doctors, to conduct the post mortem,” he stated
Explaining the problem in taking a workforce to the distant hill space, Parimal Suklabaidya stated, “We have a team currently up there at the hill. However the post mortem cannot happen in the darkness tonight. It is also difficult to take a bigger team because it is on a hill.”
(With ANI inputs)
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