<p class="title">A herd of seven elephants strayed into coffee plantations in Haralli village in Gowdalli Gram Panchayat and wreaked havoc by destroying crops on Friday morning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Owners of the plantations, H T Lakshminarayana, Subramanya, Dharmappa, Balakrishna, Hemachandra and Lakshmana said that the herd comprised a calf.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The villagers said that there is an atmosphere of panic as an elephant herd entering plantations in Haralli village has taken place for the first time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Thursday, the forest department officials of Shanivarasanthe range had driven the elephants from Ajjalli village towards Malambi. But, they returned later and entered Haralli, said the villagers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">More than 100 coffee plants, plantains, pepper vines and ginger have been destroyed on 2.5 acres of plantation. A loss of Rs 3 lakh has been estimated and an application has been submitted to Shanivarasanthe forest department towards compensation, said planter Lakshminarayana's son H L Raghu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">RFO Praful Shetty said that a spot inspection has been carried out.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Measures will be taken to compensate the growers as per government norms, he said.</p>
<p class="title">A herd of seven elephants strayed into coffee plantations in Haralli village in Gowdalli Gram Panchayat and wreaked havoc by destroying crops on Friday morning.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Owners of the plantations, H T Lakshminarayana, Subramanya, Dharmappa, Balakrishna, Hemachandra and Lakshmana said that the herd comprised a calf.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The villagers said that there is an atmosphere of panic as an elephant herd entering plantations in Haralli village has taken place for the first time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Thursday, the forest department officials of Shanivarasanthe range had driven the elephants from Ajjalli village towards Malambi. But, they returned later and entered Haralli, said the villagers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">More than 100 coffee plants, plantains, pepper vines and ginger have been destroyed on 2.5 acres of plantation. A loss of Rs 3 lakh has been estimated and an application has been submitted to Shanivarasanthe forest department towards compensation, said planter Lakshminarayana's son H L Raghu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">RFO Praful Shetty said that a spot inspection has been carried out.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Measures will be taken to compensate the growers as per government norms, he said.</p>