ME3, a tusker that crossed from Chhattisgarh into the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra earlier this month with another tusker, was sighted in Manapur village in the Wadsa division on Saturday. Experts believe that the Maharashtra Forest Department needs to monitor the tuskers to avoid potential conflicts between elephants and humans.

Sagnik Sengupta, co-founder of the NGO Stripes and Green Earth (SAGE) Foundation, commented, "This video of ME3 and the other tusker illustrates how unaware the Wadsa Forest Division is, as the movement towards Maharashtra on May 1 has already raised alarms in the Gadchiroli division. Despite last year's casualties, they have not taken these warnings seriously. Meanwhile, the herd's natural pathways are consistently obstructed, and just two nights ago, they entered Brahmapuri."