दरिमा एयरपोर्ट में नया अप्रोन 110 मीटर गुणा 127 मीटर का बनाया गया है। इस सुविधा से यहां एक साथ दो एटीआर 72 हवाई जहाज को खडा किया जा सकता है।इसके साथ ही आइसोलेशन वे, दोनों तरफ आरईएसए एवं दो टैक्सी-वे का निर्माण किया गया है।
छत्तीसगढ़ में एक बार फिर पांच आईपीएस अधिकारियों का ट्रांसफर किया गया है। अरविंद कुजूर को रायपुर PHQ भेजा गया है, धर्मेंद्र सिंह छवई को 15वीं बटालियन बीजापुर, श्वेता राजमणि को 19वीं बटालियन बस्तर, उदयकिरण को 9वीं बटालियन दंतेवाड़ा, और मनोज खिलारी को दूसरी बटालियन बिलासपुर भेजा गया है। गृह विभाग ने इसके आदेश जारी किए हैं।
कटनी के मोहित बालानी को फोर्ब्स की टॉप-100 डिजिटल स्टार्स सूची में 85वीं रैंक मिली है। उन्होंने 2016 में यूट्यूब पर डांस से शुरुआत की थी और 2019 से स्मार्टफोन रिव्यू में सक्रिय हैं। उनके पास वर्तमान में यूट्यूब पर 3.5 लाख से अधिक सब्सक्राइबर हैं।
Oviya Helen Viral Video: सोशल मीडिया पर एक वीडियो तेजी से वायरल हो रहा है, जिसे 33 वर्षीय साउथ सिनेमा की एक्ट्रेस ओविया हेलेन का एमएमएस वीडियो बताया जा रहा है। इस वीडियो ने लोगों के बीच काफी चर्चा पैदा की है। यह विषय सोशल मीडिया पर गरमागरम बहस का कारण बना है।Extreme temperatures and humidity driven by climate change could reduce the Amazon rainforest's capacity to absorb the greenhouse gas methane by 70 per cent, a study has found. Researchers said that under a warmer climate, the extreme rainfall and droughts projected for South America's Amazon could impact its net greenhouse gas emissions.
Often referred to as the 'lungs of the planet', the tropical rainforest lies majorly in Brazil, with parts in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, among others, and is known to be a crucial 'greenhouse gas sink' that absorbs these gases from the air.
However, 20 per cent of the Amazon region, which remains flooded for nearly half a year, releases methane, countering its ability to absorb other greenhouse gases, the researchers at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil said. Their study is published in the journal Environmental Microbiome.
Previous studies have shown that the flooded areas of Amazon contribute up to almost 30 per cent of methane emissions from wetlands globally.
"Although it's already been shown that factors such as air temperature and seasonal flooding can influence the composition of microbial communities affecting the flow of methane in these environments. But what should we expect in the context of climate change and the projected extreme weather?" Lead author Julia Gontijo, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Davis, US, said.
For this study, researchers took soil samples from two flooded regions of the Amazon and one from elevated forests known to absorb methane. These samples were subjected to extreme temperatures -- 27 degrees Celsius and 30 degrees Celsius -- and humidity.
They found that in the soil sample from the elevated forest methane absorbtion dropped by 70 per cent in hot and dry conditions, while methane production surged in heavy rainfall, as the soil was not used to dealing with extreme humidity.
"Within this (elevated) forest soil, an average decrease of 70 per cent in (methane) consumption potential was observed with temperature increase in dry conditions," the authors wrote.
It means that the floodplain microbiome can adapt to climate change but the upland forest microbiome is sensitive to its effects, which could cause a shift in the balance of greenhouse gas emissions in the Amazon in future, Gontijo said.
"In view of the Amazon Rainforest biome's importance in proportion to global levels, this could represent a very serious problem," she said.
She further said that in both (the) floodplains, although there were no observation of significant changes in methane emission patterns, the number of methane-producing microorganisms increased that can be a future problem.
The results could be used in framing public policies, the author added
यात्रियों के स्टेशन तक पहुंचने सीढ़ियां व एक्सीलेटर ही नहीं स्थापित हो पाए हैं। 2020 में शुरू हुआ मेट्रो का कार्य अक्टूबर 2024 तक के चार साल में 6.22 किलोमीटर ही पूरा नहीं हो पाया है।Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead in Mumbai's Bandra today. A political veteran in Maharashtra, Mr Siddique left Congress, after nearly five decades of association with the party, and joined the ruling BJP's ally Nationalist Congress Party in February this year.
He had served as a minister when the Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP coalition government was in power.
Mr Siddique was known not just for his political connections across party lines but also for hosting lavish parties. In one such party in 2013, Mr Siddique inadvertently played a role in uniting two of Bollywood's megastars, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.
Despite occasional conflicts and publicised disagreements, the two actors have maintained a bond over the years. One significant moment in their relationship unfolded at Baba Siddique's Iftaar party in 2013, bringing an end to a five-year-long cold war.
The Iftaar party hosted by Mr Siddique became the backdrop for the much-anticipated reconciliation between the Khans. Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, who had previously avoided each other following a heated argument at Katrina Kaif's birthday party in 2008, finally came face to face. The tension that had overshadowed their relationship dissipated as they warmly greeted each other and shared a heartfelt hug. A photo capturing that moment went viral across social media and news channels alike.
India has expressed grave "concern" over the abysmal conflict situation in West Asia as Israel intensifies its resolve targeting Hezbollah hideouts. New Delhi issued a statement today after UN peacekeepers stationed in south Lebanon came under fire from Israeli forces.
Among the UN peacekeepers stationed in Lebanon, there are approximately 900 Indian soldiers. It is important to note that they were not at the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon or UNIFIL headquarters at the time it was attacked by Israeli forces. Besides the soldiers, there are around 25 staff officers, including medical experts deployed there.
"We are concerned at the deteriorating security situation along the Blue Line," the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement, adding that "We continue to monitor the situation very closely."
New Delhi underscored the importance it attaches to United Nations' peacekeeping initiatives saying UN premises cannot be allowed to be targeted, and respecting its sanctity is a mandate.
"Inviolability of UN premises must be respected by all, and appropriate measures taken to ensure the safety of UN peacekeepers and the sanctity of their mandate," the foreign ministry said.
Israel however, has defended its actions, with the Israeli Defense Forces or IDF claiming that "Since the beginning of the war, Hezbollah has fired more than 130 rockets in close proximity" to 26 United Nations facilities."
The IDF also put out a map in which it has identified these places as being "less than 300 meters" from the UN facilities.
The UN has said, "Recent escalation along the Blue Line is causing widespread destruction of towns and villages in south Lebanon, while rockets continue to be launched towards Israel, including civilian areas. In the past days we have seen incursions from Israel into Lebanon in Naqoura and other areas. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers have clashed with Hizbullah elements on the ground in Lebanon."
It further said that "UNIFIL's Naqoura headquarters and nearby positions have been repeatedly hit," adding that on Thursday "two peacekeepers were injured after an IDF Merkava tank fired its weapon toward an observation tower at UNIFIL's headquarters in Naqoura, directly hitting it and causing them to fall. The injuries are fortunately, this time, not serious, but they remain in hospital."
Speaking about the Israeli offensive, the UN statement asserted that "IDF soldiers also fired on UN position (UNP) 1-31 in Labbouneh, hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system. An IDF drone was observed flying inside the UN position up to the bunker entrance."
It further highlighted that on Wednesday "IDF (Israeli) soldiers deliberately fired at and disabled the position's perimeter-monitoring cameras. They also deliberately fired on UNP 1-32A in Ras Naqoura, where regular Tripartite meetings were held before the conflict began, damaging lighting and a relay station."
Reminding Israeli forces that its attacks on UN facilities is a grave violation of international humanitarian law as well as UN Security Council resolution 1701, the UN said, "We remind the IDF and all actors of their obligations to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property and to respect the inviolability of UN premises at all times. UNIFIL peacekeepers are present in south Lebanon to support a return to stability under Security Council mandate. Any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and of Security Council resolution 1701."
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 is a resolution that was adopted with an intention to resolve the 2006 Lebanon War.
The resolution has been the linchpin of peace between Israel and Lebanon for almost two decades and the 10,000 UN peacekeepers who are tasked with implementing it on the ground.
Adopted unanimously by the UN Security Council in 2006, the purpose of resolution 1701 continues to be about ending hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, with the Council calling for a permanent ceasefire to be based on the creation of a buffer zone.
The 'Blue Line' is a United Nations-recognised demarcation line to indicate that Israel had withdrawn its military from southern Lebanon. It separates Lebanon from Israel and the Golan Heights, but it is not an official international border.
Stretching for 120km along Lebanon's southern frontier and Israel's northern border, the so-called "Blue Line" is "a key to peace in the region" and one of the central elements of resolution 1701 since the war in 2006, with UNIFIL peacekeepers being its temporary custodian, according to UN Peacekeeping.
Based on various historical maps, some dating back almost a century, the Blue Line is not a border, but a temporary "line of withdrawal" set by the UN in 2000 for the practical purpose of confirming the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon.
Whenever Israeli or Lebanese authorities wish to undertake any activities close to the Blue Line, UNIFIL requests that they provide advance notice, allowing the UN mission to keep authorities on all sides informed, to minimise any misunderstandings that could lead to increased tensions.
Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs has written a letter to the United Nations clarifying its stance amid the ongoing and escalating crisis in the Middle East (West Asia), especially with regard to its operations in Lebanon.
In its letter, the minister wrote that "On Ictiber 8, 2023, Hezbollah, a terrorist, Iranian-backed organisation, launched an unprovoked attack on Israel, joining the war initiated by Hazas on October 7, 2023. Since then they have fired over 13,000 projectiles, 1500 anti-tank missiles and hundreds of explosive drones at Israeli communities, forcing more than 63,000 people to evacuate their homes."
The minister further said that "This war which was imposed on Israel has so far resulted in 51 casualties and over 372 injuries, besides causing severe damage ot Israeli towns and villages."
The minister said that as a result of Hezbollah's unilateral and unprovoked actions, "One year later, on October 1, 2024 the IDF initiated a targeted, limited raid operations in southern Lebanon aimed at Hezbollah military assets and infrastructure along the Blue Line, with a goal of dismantling them and neutralising the ongoing threat."
हिंदू संगठन के कार्यकर्ताओं ने आमिर खान को गरबा खेलते समय पकड़ा। उसने शुरुआत में अपना नाम अमन बताया, लेकिन पहचान उजागर होने पर उसका असली नाम आमिर खान निकला। वह बालाघाट में अपहरण के मामले में फरार था। पुलिस ने उसके खिलाफ कार्रवाई शुरू की है।The BBC on Thursday apologised after a graphic incorrectly forecast winds of more than 13,000 miles (20,000 kilometres) per hour in London, as Hurricane Milton battered the US state of Florida.
"Don't be alarmed folks -- Hurricane Milton hasn't made it to us here in the UK!" one of the broadcaster's meteorologists, Matt Taylor, assured the public on X.
"There's been a data glitch between our suppliers and the app/online. Folk are working to solve the issue," he said, adding: "No need to panic buy plywood and candles."
The technical gremlins on the BBC's weather app and website also resulted in overnight temperatures of 404 degrees Celsius (759 degrees Fahrenheit) being predicted for the central English city of Nottingham.
A BBC Weather statement apologised for "some data issues on our app and website. We are working hard to fix it quickly.
"Sorry -- please bear with us," it added.
The real forecast for Thursday was colder, clearer air moving in with rain and drizzle in the south and blustery showers near the east coast.
The blunder has echoes of a 1987 forecast that went down in broadcasting folklore and turned the meteorologist involved into a national celebrity.
Michael Fish famously told viewers during a broadcast on October 15, 1987 that "apparently a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way.
"Well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!"
A few hours later a storm dubbed the "Great Storm of 1987" -- the worst to hit southeast England for three centuries -- hit the region.
The BBC's meteorological mishap came as Milton smashed into Florida leaving at least four people dead and millions without power.
The Manipur Cabinet on Thursday decided that people living in unrecognised villages in the state can no longer receive government schemes such as MGNREGS, a senior minister said in Imphal.
The decision came two days after Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that several officials had given recognition to hill villages for the benefit of their community, without obtaining approval from the state government.
He had also said that residents of such villages would not get government facilities.
"Only the villages recognised by the government will be given government schemes. This will include MGNREGA. These (benefits) will not be given to the people living in unrecognised villages," Health Minister Sapam Ranjan told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.
One just cannot set up a village, give it a name and avail benefits of those schemes, said Ranjan, also the government spokesperson.
"We cannot have villages growing by leaps and bounds. So, it is important to follow rules" he said.
At the Cabinet meeting chaired by the chief minister, 51 listed agendas and some unlisted agendas were discussed, Ranjan said.
"The cabinet also reviewed the disturbed area status in the state," he said.
The government on Monday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) by another six months in Manipur excluding 19 police station areas falling under the Imphal Valley and a region that shares its boundary with Assam.
On the dengue situation in the state, Ranjan said the health department is doing everything to contain the issue.
"Coordinated and responsible efforts with the public are required to reduce the source of dengue. We have to destroy the breeding grounds. I reiterate it once again, if we take dengue lightly, it will be serious for all of us," the health minister said.
He said that the number of dengue cases is lower now in comparison to that last year.
"Till yesterday, there have been 1195 cases with Imphal and Imphal West district together accounting for 1,070 cases. We have lost 3/4 precious lives to dengue," Ranjan said.
The spokesperson said the Cabinet also discussed recruitment of jobs on contract for different departments, appointments on compassionate grounds in the police department and getting land for the establishment of a police station in the Joujangtek area.
Indore IIT: इसका उद्देश्य भारत में विशेषकर स्तन कैंसर का शीघ्र पता लगाना है। संस्थान के इलेक्ट्रिकल इंजीनियरिंग विभाग के प्रोफेसर श्रीवत्सन वासुदेवन ने इस डिवाइस को विकसित किया है।
भोपाल के बगरोदा में एमडी ड्रग्स के निर्माण में फर्जीवाड़ा सामने आया है। नारकोटिक्स कंट्रोल ब्यूरो ने तीन तस्करों को गिरफ्तार किया, जो जीएसटीआईएन का फर्जी उपयोग करके केमिकल मंगाते थे। गिरफ्तार तस्कर ने कबूल किया कि वे कोड वर्ड और इमोजी का उपयोग करते थे।
Ratan Tata Death: देश में आधी रात को शोक की लहर दौड़ गई है। उद्योगपति रतन टाटा का निधन बुधवार की शाम को गया। उन्होंने मुंबई के ब्रीच कैंडी हॉस्पिटल में आखिरी सांस ली।Ahead of Dusshera on Saturday, the Sri Ram Lila Society has claimed to have erected the tallest Ravan effigy in India, standing at an impressive height of 211 feet in Sector 10 of Dwarka. According to news agency ANI, the committee said that to ensure the success of the event, they conducted auditions for over 400 artists from across Delhi NCR, selecting fresh talent. The society also stated that it took 4 months to prepare and install this structure.
Speaking to ANI, the Chairman of the organising committee, Rajesh Gehlot, said, "As we can see, sin is increasing in the society so this effigy is depicting the increasing sins and we will burn them all on Dusherra, that is, on October 12, 2024."
Mr Gehlot said that they have sent an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders as well, for the event. "We have invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the ceremony and we are hopeful for positive reply. We have sent the invitation to other BJP leaders as well," Mr Gehlot said.
Further, the committee chairman shared that the theme of this year's Ramleela decorations and events is inspired by the old Ram Mandir temple in Ayodhya, which was demolished. The entry gates are designed in the style of South Indian temples, known as "Gopuram".
Mr Gehlot also highlighted that they strive to present Ramleela in the most beautiful way possible, with careful attention to decorations and artist performance.
Amid these celebrations, the committee has heightened the security, with over 50 Delhi Police personnel, 200 volunteers and 100 plus civil officers safeguarding the venue, ANI reported.
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Dussehra, which is also known as Vijaya Dashami, is celebrated every year to commemorate the triumph of good over evil as Lord Ram killed Ravana on this day. The word Dussehra is derived from two Sanskrit words - dasha, which means ten, and hara translates to defeat.
As per Hindu mythology, it was on this day when Lord Rama defeated Ravana, the King of Lanka. Ravana is also known as Dashmukha, which means 10 heads. Each head, as per belief, highlights a distinct quality - Mada (Pride), Ghrina (Hate), Kama (Lust), Bhaye (Fear), Moha (Attachment), Krodha (Anger), Ahankar (Ego), Lobha (Greed), Jaddata (Insensibility) and Irshya (Envy).
The festival is celebrated in full swing across the nation, by burning effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkaran and Meghnath. This year, Dussehra will be observed on October 12.
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to two scientists on Tuesday for discoveries that laid the groundwork for the artificial intelligence used by hugely popular tools such as ChatGPT.
British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton, known as a "godfather of AI," and US physicist John Hopfield were given the prize for "discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks," the Nobel jury said.
But what are those, and what does this all mean? Here are some answers.
Mark van der Wilk, an expert in machine learning at the University of Oxford, told AFP that an artificial neural network is a mathematical construct "loosely inspired" by the human brain.
Our brains have a network of cells called neurons, which respond to outside stimuli -- such as things our eyes have seen or ears have heard -- by sending signals to each other.
When we learn things, some connections between neurons get stronger, while others get weaker.
Unlike traditional computing, which works more like reading a recipe, artificial neural networks roughly mimic this process.
The biological neurons are replaced with simple calculations sometimes called "nodes" -- and the incoming stimuli they learn from is replaced by training data.
The idea is that this could allow the network to learn over time -- hence the term machine learning.
But before machines would be able to learn, another human trait was necessary: memory.
Ever struggle to remember a word? Consider the goose. You might cycle through similar words -- goon, good, ghoul -- before striking upon goose.
"If you are given a pattern that's not exactly the thing that you need to remember, you need to fill in the blanks," van der Wilk said.
"That's how you remember a particular memory."
This was the idea behind the "Hopfield network" -- also called "associative memory" -- which the physicist developed back in the early 1980s.
Hopfield's contribution meant that when an artificial neural network is given something that is slightly wrong, it can cycle through previously stored patterns to find the closest match.
This proved a major step forward for AI.
In 1985, Hinton revealed his own contribution to the field -- or at least one of them -- called the Boltzmann machine.
Named after 19th century physicist Ludwig Boltzmann, the concept introduced an element of randomness.
This randomness was ultimately why today's AI-powered image generators can produce endless variations to the same prompt.
Hinton also showed that the more layers a network has, "the more complex its behaviour can be".
This in turn made it easier to "efficiently learn a desired behaviour," French machine learning researcher Francis Bach told AFP.
Despite these ideas being in place, many scientists lost interest in the field in the 1990s.
Machine learning required enormously powerful computers capable of handling vast amounts of information. It takes millions of images of dogs for these algorithms to be able to tell a dog from a cat.
So it was not until the 2010s that a wave of breakthroughs "revolutionised everything related to image processing and natural language processing," Bach said.
From reading medical scans to directing self-driving cars, forecasting the weather to creating deepfakes, the uses of AI are now too numerous to count.
Hinton had already won the Turing award, which is considered the Nobel for computer science.
But several experts said his was a well-deserved Nobel win in the field of physics, which started science down the road that would lead to AI.
French researcher Damien Querlioz pointed out that these algorithms were originally "inspired by physics, by transposing the concept of energy onto the field of computing".
Van der Wilk said the first Nobel "for the methodological development of AI" acknowledged the contribution of the physics community, as well as the winners.
And while ChatGPT can sometimes make AI seem genuinely creative, it is important to remember the "machine" part of machine learning.
"There is no magic happening here," van der Wilk emphasised.
"Ultimately, everything in AI is multiplications and additions."
The body of younger brother of former Karnataka MLA Mohideen Bava has been found in Phalguni river mouth on Monday after 12 hours of search, police said.
B M Mumtaz Ali (52) was reported missing since Sunday morning and his badly damaged car was found abandoned near the Kulur bridge, they said.
Ali, a prominent businessman and chairman of the Misbah Group of Educational Institutions, is a well-known figure in the local community.
According to police, he left his residence in his vehicle around 3 am on Sunday, roaming around the city before parking near the Kullur Bridge around 5 am.
Alarmed by his last communication, his daughter immediately contacted the local police.
His disappearance prompted a large-scale search operation, with family members, including Bawa, present at the scene, police said.
An FIR had already been registered at Kavoor police station against six accused, including a woman, who had allegedly threatened, blackmailed, and extorted lakhs of rupees from Ali, with demands for even more money.
Confirming the recovery of the body, Mangaluru Police Commissioner Anupam Agarwal told PTI that investigation was ongoing to ascertain the cause of his death.
"We deployed teams of NDRF (National Disaster Response Force), SDRF (State Disaster Response Force) and fire department. Around six teams were working continuously to trace the body... This morning, at 6 am, we resumed operation and we found the body around 10.15 am. The body was shifted to hospital for post-mortem and further examination," he told reporters here.
The victim's family alleged that he was subjected to blackmailing since last couple of months. People were threatening him to pay money or his videos would be released, he said.
"As per the information of the family members, there were some sex videos on the basis of which, he was being blackmailed. He paid some Rs 50 lakh in this process. He was further pressurised to pay more money," he said According to him, based on the complaint received by the family members, a case was registered under sections of extortion and other relevant sections. They have named six people, who were part of this gang and were blackmailing him.
"After recovering of body, we have added section of abetment to suicide in this case. We will be taking up further investigation. All the six people named in the FIR are currently on the run. Our teams are searching them and hopefully, we will nab them soon," Agarwal added.
The body was taken to the city's AJ Hospital for post-mortem, police said.
The bodies of two missing children were found inside the water tank of an unoccupied house near their home in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer, police said on Sunday.
The parents of Adil (6) and Hasnain (7), Babar Magra area residents, filed a complaint on Saturday after the children went missing, they said.
During search, their bodies were found inside the water tank of an empty house on Saturday night, Kotwali SHO Sawai Singh said, adding that the bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
The family members have alleged that the children were murdered as there were injury marks on their bodies. They also sat on a dharna outside the mortuary demanding the arrest of the accused. The exact cause of death will be ascertained once the post-mortem report is received, the SHO said.
A woman was being blackmailed and threatened by a man who promised to marry her. They decided to talk and meet at a restaurant in the morning. A few minutes into the conversation, she pulled a bottle out from her bag, opened the cap and threw the liquid on his face. It was acid. The incident occurred in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh and the man reportedly suffered serious burn injuries.
"He was blackmailing me and asking for money that's why I threw acid on him. I didn't marry him and married someone else. I'm divorced...he told me he would marry me but he kept on threatening me," the woman alleged.
The man, Vivek, suffered burn injuries to his arm. He removed his shirt and fled from the restaurant before the police could arrive. Meanwhile, the woman - a mother - has been taken into police custody and requested anonymity.
"We had just opened the restaurant. When they came, we were cleaning the restaurant. She was sitting outside and later came inside. Five minutes later, a man came to meet her. They ordered a dosa and chole bhature. They were talking and I went for breakfast. A man came running and said sir, please see what happened...I couldn't understand what happened, and then the woman said, I threw acid on him," the restaurant manager said.
The manager said, "She told me the man had been troubling me for years and blackmailing me for several years and that's why I threw acid on him."
The police said the woman also suffered burn injuries in the incident and medical treatment is being provided to her. Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mayank Pathak, said, "The man and the woman knew each other and there were personal differences. The man is on the run." Mr Pathak said it would be too early to comment on the woman's claim that she was being blackmailed, the matter is under investigation and efforts are on to find the man.
- With inputs from Adnan Khan
जिले के दूरस्थ बिहारपुर चांदनी समेत प्रेमनगर व प्रतापपुर इलाके में लंबे समय से हाथियों की आवाजाही बनी हुई है। सैकड़ो किसानों की फसलों को रौंदने के साथ ही कई ग्रामीणों के घरों को हाथियों ने क्षतिग्रस्त कर दिया है। तमाम कोशिशों के बावजूद वन अमला हाथियों को खदेड़ पाने में नाकाम रहा है।