2 elephants intrude Burdwan forests from Bankura, leave residents panicked
Two tusker elephants crossed the Damodar river and sneaked into the Gopalpur forests near here under the Burdwan Forest Division in the early morning hours today.
Incessant rains claimed the life of an elderly woman after the portion of a two-storey house collapsed that left eight others, including a child injured in Bankura. Another woman, Putul Tudu suffered grave wounds when the wall of her cattle shed caved in at a locality in Kalna on Saturday.
The incident occurred at Kumorpara near Kalna town. The woman was supervising drainage of her waterlogged house. Kalna recorded 38 mm rainfall today. At Konarpur in Kotulpur block in Bankura, the portion of a mud structured residential house collapsed at 1 am today due to heavy rains.
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