GUWAHATI: Three girls tourists from West Bengal’s Hooghly district had been injured after falling off an elephant they had been using inside Kaziranga National Park on Monday.
The incident befell within the Bagori vary of Kaziranga after the jumbo carrying them engaged in a tussle with one other elephant. The injured have been recognized as Shikha Singha (50), Shrilakha Singha (26) and Pritima Dutta (51).
Divisional forest officer Ramesh Gogoi mentioned all three of them had been instantly rushed to Jorhat Medical College Hospital. While Shrilakha sustained a again harm, the opposite two have been discharged from hospital.
KNP director Jatindra Sarma mentioned each the elephants and their mahouts have been barred from carrying tourists this season. “The incident happened due to the negligence of the mahouts. It has been decided to suspend both the elephants and mahouts for this tourist season. The mahouts could have avoided the tussle had they been careful,” he added.
Tapan Dutta, husband of Pritima who witnessed the incident, mentioned, “The mahouts kept the elephants so close that there was always a chance of confrontation. The two elephants confronted each other twice.”
He added, “There were around 10 elephants in the group. Even we could not come down from our elephant to rescue them. It was swampland and a rhino could have attacked us.”
(*3*) mentioned Gogoi.
In KNP, the largest chunk of rhino inhabitants is cited within the Bagori vary.
The incident befell within the Bagori vary of Kaziranga after the jumbo carrying them engaged in a tussle with one other elephant. The injured have been recognized as Shikha Singha (50), Shrilakha Singha (26) and Pritima Dutta (51).
Divisional forest officer Ramesh Gogoi mentioned all three of them had been instantly rushed to Jorhat Medical College Hospital. While Shrilakha sustained a again harm, the opposite two have been discharged from hospital.
KNP director Jatindra Sarma mentioned each the elephants and their mahouts have been barred from carrying tourists this season. “The incident happened due to the negligence of the mahouts. It has been decided to suspend both the elephants and mahouts for this tourist season. The mahouts could have avoided the tussle had they been careful,” he added.
Tapan Dutta, husband of Pritima who witnessed the incident, mentioned, “The mahouts kept the elephants so close that there was always a chance of confrontation. The two elephants confronted each other twice.”
He added, “There were around 10 elephants in the group. Even we could not come down from our elephant to rescue them. It was swampland and a rhino could have attacked us.”
(*3*) mentioned Gogoi.
In KNP, the largest chunk of rhino inhabitants is cited within the Bagori vary.
