Elephant calf reunited with herd in Gudalur forest division
The Hindu
The month-old calf had gotten stuck inside an illegal mine and had been separated from its herd; Forest Dept staff helped it get back
A month-old elephant calf was reunited with its herd on Tuesday, after it got stuck inside an illegally hollowed-out mine in Devala, in the Gudalur forest division.
Forest Department staff, who reached the gold mines reserve forest in Devala, managed to rescue the calf and helped shepherd it to its herd, which had left the area.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.