जंगली हाथी आखिर क्यों शहर और गांव की ओर कर रहे रुख, समझें हाथी के व्यवहार परिवर्तन को!

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जंगली हाथी वन छोड़कर शहरों और गांवों में प्रवेश कर रहे हैं. ऐसा क्यों है, इसके पीछे एक नयी शोध सामने आई है.

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00:00The struggle between elephants and humans has been going on for many years.

00:05But in Jharkhand, for the last 20 years, elephants have been entering rural areas.

00:11Even in the city, you can see the elephants.

00:15What is the reason that elephants are coming to such areas where the population is high?

00:20Why are they heading towards villages and cities?

00:23This is the biggest question in today's time.

00:26On one hand, the forest department is doing research,

00:29and on the other hand, the common people are also scared.

00:32Why has the behavior of elephants changed?

00:36ETV Bharat is going to show you a special report today,

00:39through which you can understand why elephants are heading towards the city.

00:44The struggle between elephants and humans is very old.

00:47In the surrounding areas including Hazari Bagh,

00:50the terror of elephants has increased in the last decade.

00:54Elephants are leaving the forest and entering the village.

00:57Not only this, a few days ago, the terror of elephants spread in the whole area in the city.

01:03The district administration and the forest department together sent the elephants towards the forest.

01:08Not only in the rural areas of Hazari Bagh,

01:10but also in the urban areas, elephants are being seen as a threat.

01:14What is the reason for this?

01:16A lot of research is going on with this.

01:18From the forest department to the elephant researchers are also studying the nature of elephants.

01:24The problem of elephants has increased in Hazari Bagh district.

01:30Not only in Hazari Bagh district, but I think in the whole Central India landscape,

01:35we are seeing that there has been a spike in the human-elephant conflict.

01:42There are many reasons for this.

01:45We have done an assessment on Hazari Bagh and its surrounding landscape.

01:52We have also made a report on how to reduce the conflict.

01:58The elephant researchers say that if we look at the nature of elephants and their events,

02:04we can see that in the last decade, elephants are moving towards a population that is high.

02:11If we talk about Hazari Bagh and its surroundings,

02:13then there are years of jungles here.

02:15Elephants do not like this food.

02:17Elephants are lovers of bargat, peepal and ikh.

02:20If they do not get food according to their taste in the jungle, they enter the village.

02:24Villagers keep mahua in their homes in the village.

02:27Mahua is the favorite food of elephants.

02:29Elephants target the house where the mahua is.

02:34There has been a change in the behavior of elephants.

02:36And it is understood that their food is in the village.

02:39This is the reason that the house is being targeted more.

02:43Whoever comes in the way of food, they kill him.

02:47They do not get food in their jungle.

02:49The reason is that the forest is dominated by the elephant.

02:52Elephants do not have food.

02:53They need grass and bamboo.

02:55They do not get bargat, peepal and ikh.

03:02So they have made the crop an easy target.

03:05Farmers do not get angry if the crop is targeted.

03:09Now the elephants are targeting the mahua, paddy and rice in the house.

03:18There has been a change in this behavior.

03:20You can say that the elephants are moving towards freedom.

03:23They used to eat the crops in the jungle.

03:28If they did not get it in the jungle, they used to come to the crops.

03:30But now they are targeting the houses.

03:32Now they scan the rice in the school from outside.

03:40They break the rice and take it out.

03:45They break the rice and paddy in the house.

03:51In the last few days, people in Hazaribagh have been told to stay away from elephants.

04:00If the elephant suddenly arrives, do not try to chase it away.

04:04If the elephant is wearing red and white clothes, the elephant is afraid of red and white colors.

04:09So stay away from wearing this color.

04:12The DFO of Hazaribagh also says that the elephants are not only coming to Hazaribagh,

04:16but are also coming to the middle of India from the jungles.

04:21How to protect yourself from elephants is being studied.

04:24Some reports have been made and sent.

04:26Elephants are not allowed to eat their favorite food.

04:33They also say that an app has been created that will keep an eye on the movement of elephants.

04:38So that the forest department and villagers can get information.

04:41The fragmentation of the habitat is a major reason.

04:48In addition, the behavior of elephants is also changing.

04:53Because of various reasons.

04:55Mainly, people coming near the elephants.

05:03The grains being stored in the houses.

05:07There is no correct information about the behavior of elephants.

05:10There are many reasons.

05:12In the last two decades, we have seen cases of conflict in the district of Hazaribagh.

05:22It is unfortunate that many people have lost their lives.

05:31We are worried about this.

05:33We are working on this.

05:36We have started working in a planned manner.

05:40We are working on a long-term and short-term plan.

05:45We are also doing prediction modeling.

05:48We are using AI-based applications.

05:51We can predict the arrival of elephants.

05:55If an elephant is in a landscape, where it is likely to go.

05:59The behavior of elephants is changing.

06:02It is becoming a challenge for the forest department and the general public.

06:07Awareness is the only solution.

06:10When elephants enter the rural area, keep a distance from them.

06:15Only then can life be safe.

06:17Gaurav Prakash, ETV Bharat, Hazaribagh.

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