NEPAL-CNP staffs fall ill while searching Dhurbe
Sunday, January 6th, 2013
Employees of the Chitwan National Park deployed to trace a rampaging elephant named ‘Dhurbe’ have started taking ill due to cold. “Two to four employees are falling ill every day due to cold,” Kantipur quoted conservation officer of the park, Maheshwor Dhakal, as saying. The victims are suffering from cold, cough and fever.
The employees are forced to sleep in tents as the park lacks human resources to help them in their search for the pachyderm, Dhakal said.
“We have been searching for the elephant for the past two weeks. We are carrying out our duties by taking medicines,” an employee said.
According to National Park source, although more than 150 employees, including technicians, are searching for the elephant, the whereabouts of the tusker are yet to be found.
Krishna Chandra Poudel, secretary at the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, said search for the tusker has been intensified. http://www.nepalmountainnews.com/cms/2013/01/06/cnp-staffs-fall-ill-while-searching-dhurbe/
