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Villagers block road against forest dept's lethargy [1]

MORE than 200 people from Upparathandapalli village near Hosur resorted to a road blockade on Sunday protesting against the forest department for not taking any action to prevent the elephants from entering into human habitats.

Traffic on the Hosur-Dharmapuri National Highway was paralysed for more than three hours due to the protest.

According to Upparathandapalli resident Rajamma, a herd o

Publication Date: 
27/12/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Animal Menace [3], Elephant [4], People - Animal Conflicts [5], Tamil Nadu [6]
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