A baby elephant, which fell into a farm well at a village in Ramgarh district on Friday morning, was rescued after a mammoth, hour-long effort of the forest department with the help of local villagers.

"A herd of six elephants including two baby elephants were passing by from the nearby forest. Suddenly a baby elephant fell into the farm well. Our team reached there and rescued the elephant from the well. The elephant has no injuries and was reunited with the herd," said Ramgarh DFO Vaid Prakash Kamboj.

When the baby elephant drowned, there were five other elephants present near the well at the Rakuwa village under the Gola block of Ramgarh district. There was panic in the entire area till the rescue of the baby elephant was completed.

"The herd of elephant is a resident of the Gola area and we have alerted the forest department team following the incident," Kamboj added.

The Gola block in Ramgarh district is the most affected area of Jharkhand by wild elephants. Regularly herds of elephant come from the forest and destroy standing crops, mud-built houses, and they have even killed men, women, and children of the village.

Local social worker Sudhir Manglesh said, “Elephant attack is quite common in our villages. We have lost property and lives for the last several years. Department has no proper plan to control the attack of elephants. The life of the local villagers is always at stake. The herds of elephant are fearless. They don't fear by the bursting of firecrackers, dragon torches, or any other local means."