Elephants from India Destroy Crops in Bahundangi, Nepal

Jhapa. Residents of the border areas including Bahundangi in Mechinagar are in fear as herds of elephants from India have started entering every night to eat ripe crops.

In the Bahundangi area of Wards 1, 4, and 5 of Mechinagar Municipality, herds of 30 to 40 elephants entering daily from the Indian jungle have been damaging farmers' maize, सुपारी (betel nut), and other crops for the past week.