Jamshedpur, Dec. 15 -- The forest department has initiated a move to set up an elephant rescue centre for the effective treatment of injured elephants, after the death of four injured elephants over the past year, the latest being on Sunday at Chatarma village in Nimdih block under Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand, officials said on Monday.

"We have sent a proposal to the state headquarters for setting up an elephant rescue centre. As soon as we get the approval, work on the ground will start to build the centre. This will help us rescue and provide proper treatment to injured elephants," Saba Alam Ansari, Jamshedpur and Dalma divisional forest officer (DFO), told HT on Monday.

"The elephant stuck in sticky mud died on Sunday. ...