CHENGAM: Farmers in the Chengam block are incurring losses as animals from the surrounding reserve forest area are damaging their crop.

The loss caused by the animals, particularly wild pigs, was more in areas such as Neepathurai, Ilangkuni, Arathavadi, Ravandavadi, Ramapuram, Palipattu, Melchengam and Dhandampattu.