As the expansion of coal mining increasingly engulfs the forest area in Chhattisgarh region, India, wild elephants are loosing their habitat and suffering from shortage of food. As a result, sudden entry of herds of elephants to the village areas in search of food is becoming almost a regular matter. Villagers in Dharamjaigarh area have to live in panic as dozens of people have been already killed by wild elephants in recent years in the region.