Off The Cuff

Shrinking forest corridors in Tripura’s Baramura Hills trigger rising human-elephant conflict after a fatal Mungiakami incident. Habitat loss, settlements, and food scarcity are forcing elephants into villages, increasing deadly encounters and conservation concerns. In the shadow of the Baramura hill ranges, where dense forests once offered uninterrupted passage to wandering herds, the sound of breaking bamboo and startled shouts has become an unsettling reminder of a growing crisis. The recent death of an elderly woman in the Mungiakami area late Friday night, trampled during a sudden elephant incursion has once...