Elephant Comes In Contact With Electricity Transmission Line, Dies

| 19 May 2024 11:28 AM IST

Udhagamandalam (Tamil Nadu): A male elephant died of electrocution on Saturday at a village near Kothagiri in the Nilgiris district when it accidentally came in contact with an overhead electricity transmission line, authorities said. The incident happened when the 15-year-old elephant tried to uproot a tree and in the process, a nearby overhead High Tension electricity cable snapped and the pachyderm was electrocuted to death, according to the Tamil Nadu Forest Department officials.

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