Wild tusker Chakkakompan uses cleared elephant passage to move to national park in Keralam’s Idukki

Wild tusker Chakkakompan uses cleared elephant passage to move to national park in Keralam’s Idukki left Wild tusker Chakkakompan, near 301 Colony, at Chinnakkanal in Idukki. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Hindu https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/gor8p3/article71540687.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/80759_2_10_2026_18_26_52_1_CHAKKANEW.JPG SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Wild tusker Chakkakompan near 301 Colony in Chinnakkanal in Idukki Forest department recently dismantled illegal fences that had obstructed traditional elephant passages, acting on a directive issued by the Idukki District Collector; the tusker had remained confined to an area for the past 18 months because of the obstruction Idukki In a positive sign towards mitigating human-wildlife conflict in Chinnakkanal under the Devikulam forest range, a wild tusker locally known as Chakkakompan has moved into the Mathikettan Shola National Park through a newly cleared natural elephant passage at Panthadikkalam near Chinnakkanal. According to High Range Circle Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) D.K.