Villagers seek protection from Chinna Thambi

  • | Thursday | 7th February, 2019

But the presence of Chinna Thambi is affecting the atmosphere as employees and the villagers fear that untoward incidents may happen,” secretary of LPF P Mahalingam said. TIRUPUR: Employees of the Amaravathi Co-operative Sugar Mills and residents of Krishnapuram on Wednesday requested authorities to drive wild elephant Chinna Thambi away from the residential area.Labour Progressive Federation and Anna Tholizhalar Peravai sent petitions to chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami regarding the issue. “The mill was taking steps in sugarcane seed multiplication process in the farm, where the elephant is camping and damaging crops.”Meanwhile, animal husbandry minister K Radhakrishnan, who visited the area, said government is thinking about the steps to be taken deter Chinna Thambi. “For the last two years, the mill could not produce sugar due to drought. Thanks to good rain, we were expecting good production in April.

TIRUPUR: Employees of the Amaravathi Co-operative Sugar Mills and residents of Krishnapuram on Wednesday requested authorities to drive wild elephant Chinna Thambi away from the residential area.Labour Progressive Federation and Anna Tholizhalar Peravai sent petitions to chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami regarding the issue. “For the last two years, the mill could not produce sugar due to drought. Thanks to good rain, we were expecting good production in April. But the presence of Chinna Thambi is affecting the atmosphere as employees and the villagers fear that untoward incidents may happen,” secretary of LPF P Mahalingam said. “The mill was taking steps in sugarcane seed multiplication process in the farm, where the elephant is camping and damaging crops.”Meanwhile, animal husbandry minister K Radhakrishnan, who visited the area, said government is thinking about the steps to be taken deter Chinna Thambi.

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