<p class="title">Villagers from Kugur and Chikkara submitted a memorandum to Shanivarasanthe RFO Praful Shetty on the damage to crops by wild elephants.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The villagers said that the straying of wild elephants into coffee plantations and paddy fields has caused extensive damage.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trenches should be dug on the periphery of the forest to prevent the elephants from straying into the villages. The forest department should also lay solar fence, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Farmers Kuttappa, Komarappa and Nagaraj urged the forest department to revise the compensation amount paid for the loss of crops. </p>
<p class="title">Villagers from Kugur and Chikkara submitted a memorandum to Shanivarasanthe RFO Praful Shetty on the damage to crops by wild elephants.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The villagers said that the straying of wild elephants into coffee plantations and paddy fields has caused extensive damage.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trenches should be dug on the periphery of the forest to prevent the elephants from straying into the villages. The forest department should also lay solar fence, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Farmers Kuttappa, Komarappa and Nagaraj urged the forest department to revise the compensation amount paid for the loss of crops. </p>