Parvathipuram : In a heart wrenching incident, four elephants got electrocuted in Katragadda village in Bhamini mandal in the district on Friday. Four elephants out of six died on the spot after touching an unprotected electric transformer. The remaining two elephants are roaming in the cashew orchards nearby under the Manumakonda forest area. Based on the information from locals, Parvathipuram-Manyam divisional forest officer G R P Prasuna, Srikakulam DFO Nisha Kumari and other forest officials reached the spot and inspected the deceased wild elephants. They launched the procedure for post-mortem with the help of veterinarians and chief conservator of forest, Visakhapatnam. A herd of six elephants including two male tuskers entered the Bhamini mandal in Parvathipuram district through Vamsadhara river on February 7. The herd has been creating havoc in Seethampeta agency by destroying standing crops like sugarcane, banana, maize, paddy and other horticulture crops. The herd entered into one Bommika Minnarao’s fields in Katragadda revenue limits and destroyed the standing crops. Later, the herd tried to destroy the electric transformer. However, four elephants out of six died on the spot after touching the live wires. On being alerted by villagers, Parvathipuram -Manyam and Srikakulam forest officials rushed to the spot. Palakonda range forest officer Thavitinaidu said the herd entered Bhamini mandal from Odisha. “The herd has been trying to destroy the electric transformer on the outskirts of Katragadda village in Bhamini mandal on early hours Friday. However, four elephants out of six were electrocuted. The remaining two strayed into the cashew orchards on the outskirts Pakudibadra. We have launched the procedure for post-mortem,” he said.
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Awards to 14 gram panchayats of Manyam district
Parvathipuram : As many as 14 village panchayats of Parvathipuram Manyam district have received best performance awards announced by the State government for delivering outstanding services to the people.
In the awards announced by the government, China Bondapalli of Parvathipuram mandal stood in the second rank under the theme-1, poverty free village. Gummalakshmipuram of Gummalakshmi mandal got the first rank under theme-2, healthy panchayat. Velagavada panchayat of Palakonda mandal and Jogimpeta of Seethanagram mandal got first rank under theme-3, water sufficient village panchayats.
Jogimpeta of Seethanagram mandal got third rank under theme-3, clean and green. Peda Sottili of Kurupam got first rank and Garugubilli of Garugubilli mandal got second rank under the theme- 6, self sufficient. Kothapalli of Garugubilli got first rank under the theme-7, social security.
Mirthivalasa of Balijipeta mandal got first rank, Jogimpeta of Seethanagram mandal got second rank and Peda Penki of Balijipeta mandal got third rank under the theme- 8, good governance. JM Valasa of Seethanagram mandal got second rank and Dayanidhipuram of Seethanagram mandal and Seethampeta of Seethampeta mandal got third rank under the theme-9, women friendly.
Collector Nishant Kumar handed over the awards to sarpanches and village secretaries at the Collectorate on Monday in the presence of district panchayat officer B Satyanarayana.
He appreciated the efforts made by the sarpanches and the team and appealed to them to continue the same effort in making the panchayat a model one.