Archive · 15 Dec 2025
Wild Elephants Raid Palasbari, Rani Farmlands
Wild elephants from nearby forests in Meghalaya have been causing a lot of trouble in the Palasbari and Rani areas.
They are destroying farms, homes, and stored food, especially at night.
This is scary for the people living there, and they are trying different ways to keep the elephants away, but it's not working very well.
The government has announced a new insurance plan to help farmers who lose crops to wild animals, which is good news.
However, the villagers want more than just insurance; they want better protection and faster help to prevent more damage and keep everyone safe.
Wild elephants from Meghalaya forests are raiding Palasbari and Rani areas, destroying paddy fields, homes, and stored food grains.
The raids are causing widespread fear and financial stress among farmers and villagers.
Villagers are using fires, tin sheets, and crackers to drive the elephants away, but these measures are not effective.
The Union Ministry of Agriculture has approved revised modalities under the PMFBY to cover crop losses caused by wild animal attacks, starting from the kharif season of 2026.
Villagers demand immediate preventive measures, regular patrolling, early-warning systems, and effective compensation to prevent further losses.
- Who
- Farmers, daily wage earners, and villagers in Palasbari and Rani areas
- What
- Wild elephants raiding farmlands and settlements, causing widespread devastation
- When
- Recurring raids, with recent incidents on Friday and Saturday nights
- Where
- Palasbari and Rani areas, near Meghalaya forests
- Why
- Elephants straying from forests in search of food, leading to human-elephant conflict
- Location
- Palasbari and Rani areas
- Date
- December 15
- Damage
- Hundreds of bighas of paddy fields, homes, boundary walls, and stored food grains
- Elephant Count
- Over 40 in a herd
- Insurance Scheme
- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
- Implementation Date
- Kharif season of 2026
- Reporting Timeframe
- 72 hours
- Affected States
- Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh