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Elephant on a charge
Another woman trampled to death in elephant attack at Mayapur at Surajpur district on Tuesday. Herd of about 35 elephants present in the region have already destroyed a dozen homes in last two days.

Forest officials said that 25-year-old Pushpa was going towards her home with her two and half-year-old daughter when elephants attacked on her from behind. The incident took place early in morning when it was dark, official added.

Pushpa was pushed and chased few meters and she threw her daughter off the ground, before tuckers trampled her to death. Officials say it's eleventh death in tusker attack in north Chhattisgarh, while on Sunday, three women were also trampled to death at Korba district.

Neighbouring villagers of Jhingadohar village had to take shelter in another village on Monday due to presence of elephants in region.

Officials said that elephants are fond of Mahua fruit which is available in abundance in forest. While villagers also collect mahua from forest to make country liquor, elephants often attack them in forests or damage their homes in search of mahua which is kept preserved.

Dense forests of north Chhattisgarh including Surguja, Korba, Raigarh, Jashpur and Koriya districts have been most common zones for elephants and human elephant conflicts has escalated in past few months with several deaths.

A youth was trampled to death at Sevra village in Pendra, Marwahi forest region on March 27, two men were crushed to death by elephants in Surajpur and Koriya districts on February 6 after they had damaged about 70-80 houses in the region.

According to a report, state recorded 8,657 incidents of property damages and 99,152 incidents of crop damage between 2004 and 2014. Total compensation paid towards human-elephant conflict has amounted to Rs. 2,140.20 lakh during this period.