Guwahati, July 3 -- Human deaths have declined sharply in Assam's Lakhipur hotspot of Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) because of unrelenting and coordinated mitigation efforts by the Goalpara Division of the Assam Forest Department and the premier biodiversity conservation non-profit Aaranyak.

According to the data available, the number of human deaths due to HEC in Lakhipur, located close to the Assam-Meghalaya boundary, came down to only two in the year 2025 from 19 deaths in 2022 because of the persistent mitigation efforts put up by the Forest Department in collaboration with Aaranyak.

The Range Officer, Lakhipur Forest Range, Moupran Gayon, informing on the ongoing efforts for HEC mitigation in the range with cooperation from Aaranya...