It is reported that a herd of wild elephants broke into the Settikulama-Mannar main road yesterday morning, damaging telephone poles and disrupting telecommunication services in several areas. Police sources say that this herd of wild elephants has damaged 16 telephone poles within a 2-kilometers . Resulting in this disruption of telephone connections of the area .
It is reported that a team of telecom officials and employees have arrived and commenced repairs on the telephone lines based on information received from the police.