Kochi: RTI replies from the Ministry of Environment and Forest for activists K Govindan Nambootiry stated that 474 elephants were deposited in the country from 2014 to 2020, reported TC Sreemol.
Maximum death was reported in 2018 in 81, while on average 70 every year until then.
A total of 65 elephants died until December 2020 -13 in Assam and 10 in West Bengal.
The maximum number of deaths in six years was reported in Assam (90), followed by Odisha (73), Tamil Nadu (68) and Karnataka (65).
Kerala reported 24 elephant deaths during this period.
Forest officers say most electro-electronics are the result of illegal power fences.
474 elephants are deposited in the last 6 years: Government
