Cuttack: The carcass of a elephant has been spotted near Jobra barrage in Cuttack city today morning.
While the dead jumbo was not fished out immediately, Jagatpur and Malgodown police teams reached the spot to monitor the situation. The cops also acted promptly in dispersing the crowd.
Meanwhile, weather the dead pachyderm was swept from Mundali barrage is yet to known.
After the elephant was spotted trapped in flood water near Mundali barrage in Cuttack on Friday, the Fire personnel had made efforts for several hours to rescue it. Though the operation continued till night, the Fire personnel did not succeed in their efforts. On Saturday morning, the tusker was not found at the barrage.
It may be mentioned that a herd of 17 elephants including four tuskers, nine females and four cubs from Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary had entered Athagarh Forest Range in the early morning of Thursday. Later, the herd was found moving in Sukashan reserve forest near Rajnagar village and a cashew forest in Kandarpur.
While the herd was crossing the river bank at night, six elephants went towards Nuasasan forest in Athagarh and two towards Anantpur. Eight of them stayed at Sanamundali while one tusker leading the herd was swept away by the swirling floodwater towards Mundali barrage and got stuck there at about 4 am on Friday.
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