21 July 2019


ALIPURDUAR: Risking their lives, workers of a tea garden in Alipurduar in the Dooars rescued an elephant calf on Friday night while it was struggling to cross a rivulet off the estate.

Workers of Tulsipara Tea Estate said they heard an elephant scream around 11pm. Around dawn, they came out and saw the calf lying in a rivulet flowing by the garden. Its mother was standing on the banks and screaming. When some workers tried descending towards the water body to rescue the calf, the mother charged at them.

To save the calf, the workers brought a pay-loader vehicle stationed nearby to the banks of the rivulet. After they shouted in unison, the mother moved a few metres away. The pay-loader driver then used the vehicle to demolish part of the embankment of the water body. Workers stretched their hands to help the calf out. As the embankment wall was broken and water gushed out, it managed to rise and walked to the banks. Locals then helped it move towards the mother. There were injury marks on its body. 

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