Rastriya Swatantra Party MP Nisha Dangi Draws Attention to Elephant Menace in Jhapa

Kathmandu. Rastriya Swatantra Party MP Nisha Dangi has drawn the government's attention to control elephants, stating that the general public is finding it difficult to survive due to the elephant menace in Bahundangi, Mechinagar, Jhapa.

Speaking during the zero hour of the House of Representatives meeting on Monday, MP Dangi said that 62-year-old Padma Paudel lost her life on Sunday while picking flowers at her home. She also stated that elephants destroyed 3 bighas of maize in Mechinagar.

"This problem is not new; the people there have been suffering from elephant terror for 35/40 years," she said, "There is a fear of being attacked in our sleep at night. As soon as evening falls, 40 to 50 elephants enter Nepal and destroy paddy, maize, and betel nut, as well as damage houses and sheds."

She demanded action against those who are making Bahundangi a grazing ground for elephants, stating that the people of Mechinagar and Bahun Dangi do not feel the presence of the state due to the elephant terror. Earlier in the parliament, MPs had been saying that people were troubled by the monkey menace in villages and settlements and that monkeys should be managed.