Assam Villagers Feed Elephants To Keep Them At Bay

They grow paddy and grass for jumbos that venture close to human habitations

- Rahul Karmakar

A cluster of villages in central Assam’s Nagaon district has found a way of keeping crop-raiding elephants off their crops — by setting aside land to create a meal zone for them.

Most farmers of 12 villages in the Ronghang-Hatikhuli area of central Assam’s Nagaon district do not have enough land to sustain their families. But they donated 203