Ma’am,
As everyone knows Samdrup Jongkhar lies in the hot
subtropical belt, it is also home for many different wild animals of the
country. Specifically mentioning the region, since Samdrup Choling (popularly
known as Bangtar initially) dungkhag is well-known for its plain fertile
arable land, the people do an extensive cultivation of paddy annually.
At the same time, it is also a popular habitat for the
wild elephants and they are attracted by the rich plantation of rice particularly
in autumn and winter seasons. Taking this facts into consideration, the
conflicts ignited by the bewilderment of wild elephants has been augmenting
since several years ago where some were passed unreported to the concern authorities.
As shared by one of the concern people of that region,
“Including the recent killing of a man from Samrang the wild elephants had
taken more than four lives of the people by this year excluding destruction of
several homes, deterioration of large patches of paddy and other crops every
year.”
Recently,
a villager who was returning from the last victim’s funeral at Samrang
expressed. “As the entire country already took a political transition to
democracy enhancing the free movement of the people within or beyond a region,
it is happening in counter way in our community not because of failure of
democracy but due to increase in the frequent movement of wild animals. Our
place has become a prone zone to wild elephants which is risky and sad to
become some people the victims of those wild animals.”
Therefore,
the people of that region are genuinely in need of authorities concerned to
have an immediate initiative to sort out the problem and look for the solutions
to prevent the repetition of such cases henceforth. The people are expecting
this repeated issue to be discussed and sealed seriously as everybody’s safety
is concerned.
Phurpa Tshering
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