Keonjhar: The man-animal battle has been a typical phenomenon in India in current occasions and the state of Odisha is not any exception to it.
Habitat lack of wildlife and overpopulation of people might be thought of as the key causes behind such battle. However, there are locations the place people have fashioned a particular bond with wild animals and have finished one thing distinctive to recollect them.
Such an incident has come to the fore in Jally village of Champua Tehsil of Keonjhar district in Odisha.
In 2019, an elephant died after coming involved with an electrical wire within the area that belonged to 1 Krushnachandra Nayak. This accident left Nayak in addition to his household saddened and shocked.
Disheartened by the dying of the pachyderm, Krushna’s mom Padmini Nayak requested him to assemble a memorial within the reminiscence of the lifeless jumbo.
Abiding by his mom’s want, Krushna constructed a memorial on his area and devoted it to the deceased elephant.
The elephant memorial has been constructed on a stretch of 5 acres of agricultural land and the help of villagers was invaluable, stated Krushna. Numerous bushes have additionally been planted within the periphery of the memorial, he added.
Unfortunately, Krushna’s mom handed away earlier than the completion of the elephant memorial. He wished that this memorial will probably be a logo of a wholesome relationship between elephants and people and make their bond stronger.
