The elephant will be released into the Hosur forest areaA female elephant that fell into a well near Palacode in Dharmapuri on Thursday was rescued late in the night, after a nearly 14-hour struggle. The elephant had been roaming with two other elephants in the area for the past few days, the officials added. District Forest Officers S. Prabhu from Krishnagiri and Rajkumar from Dharmapuri oversaw the rescue operations and over 50 officials from the Forest Department, the Fire and Rescue Services and the police were involved in the process. Two JCB machines, trucks and cranes were used to pull the elephant out from the well. According to officials from the Forest Department, the elephant will be released into the Hosur forest area, from where it had come here.

Source: The Hindu November 19, 2020 19:46 UTC