Forest officials emphasized that supplying electricity to agricultural lands near the forest could pose a danger to wild animals, as farmers might install electric fences to protect their crops from wild boars, buffaloes, and other wildlife. On Saturday, ITDA project officer B. Rahul, along with forest and electricity officials, visited the village. The electricity officials informed him that 25 poles would need to be installed to create a three-phase electricity line, enabling tribal farmers to irrigate their crops using borewells.
The ITDA project officer Prateek Jain, who was transferred now, visited the villages a few months ago and the locals brought up the issue of lack of electricity to operate irrigation pump sets to feed the crops.
Meanwhile, representatives of the management said Mahesh had reached the factory in an inebriated condition, after which they refused to allow him to work on Saturday.
