Many of local people in and around of Teliamura Sub-division under Khowai District of Tripura blocked the Assam-Agartala National Highway on Friday, because they were demanding protection from the attacks of wild elephants in the area. Speaking with news correspondents, the protestors alleged that from the last 10 years, people in the Teliamura area have faced difficulties as wild elephants frequently enter their houses and villages causing severe destruction to their properties, food and cultivated lands.
They claimed to have raised the issue with the local administration several times, but no conclusive action has been taken yet, leading them to block the Highway in protest. For more than ten years, residents of Teliamura sub-division under 29 Krishnapur Assembly Constituency have lived in fear due to the rampage and damages by wild elephants. Many have been forced to leave their houses and settle elsewhere.
Despite various steps taken, both scientifically and unscientifically to protect the areas from elephants, affected families allege a lack of assistance from the village panchayat to the forest department. Upon receiving this information, Tripura Police and Teliamura Sub-Divisional Magistrate Abhijit Chakraborty rushed to the spot. The road blockade lasted about an hour and a half. Meanwhile, Minister of Tribal Welfare Department and MLA Bikas Debbarma were caught in the blockade. However, the blockade was lifted after the Minister and Officials assured local people to take necessary action about this issue.
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