<p class="title">A herd of 13 wild elephants, which had been camping in the coffee plantations, was driven to the forest area by the Forest Department.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The herd, including a calf and three male tuskers, were loitering in Abhyatmangala near Nelyahudikeri from the last few days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Forest Department staff burst firecrackers to scare the pachyderms and forced the herd to make its way into Dubare Reserve Forest area.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The operation was headed by RFO Aruna. DRFO Vilas Gowda, forest guard Charan, Forest Department staff Dharmapal, Jagadish, Albert, Vasudeva, and Rapid Response team member Aashik and Subrahmanya were present.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Recently 23 elephants were driven to the forest area from Valnuru village.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the elephants are returning to coffee plantations, causing panic among plantation workers and growers.</p>
<p class="title">A herd of 13 wild elephants, which had been camping in the coffee plantations, was driven to the forest area by the Forest Department.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The herd, including a calf and three male tuskers, were loitering in Abhyatmangala near Nelyahudikeri from the last few days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Forest Department staff burst firecrackers to scare the pachyderms and forced the herd to make its way into Dubare Reserve Forest area.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The operation was headed by RFO Aruna. DRFO Vilas Gowda, forest guard Charan, Forest Department staff Dharmapal, Jagadish, Albert, Vasudeva, and Rapid Response team member Aashik and Subrahmanya were present.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Recently 23 elephants were driven to the forest area from Valnuru village.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the elephants are returning to coffee plantations, causing panic among plantation workers and growers.</p>