Kolkata, Oct 23
Three persons, including one woman and a child, have been killed in two separate incidents of elephant attack in West Bengal during the last 24 hours.
He was severely injured in the elephant attack and was immediately rushed to Madarihat Rural Hospital by the local villagers, where he died soon after.
Shrinking forest areas, coupled with an increase in elephant population, are considered the most important factors behind frequent human-elephant conflict in West Bengal.
A number of mitigation initiatives, including building elephant corridors, using physical barriers like fencing, and forming committees to coordinate elephant movement, have been taken to bring down instances of such conflict