Ecology & elephant management in south-west Bengal

  • 31/12/2007

  • Environ

The South West Bengal constitutes the districts of Purulia, Bankura, East and West Midnapur, Burdwan & Birbhum. From the District Gazettes and records of British period, it is known that large number of elephants used to move into the dense forest areas of Bankura, Burdwan, Midnappur and Purulia districts. Large number of incidences were seen even 100 years ago, when the collector of the district had to call people to manage the elephant depredation problem and had to conduct capturing operation or had to reduce the rent on account of depredation of crop by elephants.