Rampaging wild elephants cost Chhattisgarh Rs.76 mn

“The Chhattisgarh government has paid over Rs.76 million ($1.9 million) compensation in the past four years to forest dwellers for loss of life and property due to attacks by wild elephants, a statement said Sunday.” - Earth Times

Haunted by Parbati, Jogi won’t kill tuskers (India)

“As uproar over the death of a captured elephant, in the custody of country’s famed mahout Parbati Barua, refuses to die down, the Chhattisgarh government has been compelled to withdraw its orders about killing of two wild tuskers responsible for huge loss to property and human lives in Jashpur district.” - The Indian Express