48-day elephant camp concludes

A total of 28 elephants were put in trucks for ir respective destinations after spending 48 days at a state government-conducted rejuvenation camp for pachyderms which concluded at kkampatti, about 50 km from here, on Friday.

jumbos from various temples and mutts were sent to annual camp which commenced on banks of river Bhavani on December 15.

re were 26 elephants from Tamil Nu and two from Puducherry at camp.

Tamil Nu ministers Dindigul C Sreenivasan, S P Velumani and Sevvoor S Ramachandran flagged-off onward journey of elephants after camp concluded.

camp was brain child of former chief minister late J Jayalalithaa and became an annual feature from 2003 and from 2011, it is being held at kkampatti, Sreenivasan said.

Chief Minister K Palaniswami h allocated over Rs 1.45 crore for camp this year, he said.

During camp, elephants were given nutritious food, shower bath and a special treatment of oil mass to feet, Velumani said.