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They're expanding range & are to recieve recognition in Madhya Pradesh.

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Madhya Pradesh mulls new habitat for elephants
TNN | Jan 12, 2018

The resident elephant herd of 19 in Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve.

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BHOPAL: The state government is considering to declare Sanjay National Park as an elephant habitat considering jumbos' straying into Siddhi and Singrauli districts from other states. Elephants from Odisha are straying into the state through Chhattisgarh, some have not returned, sources said.

Principal secretary forest Deepak Khandekar said that proposal was mooted. "Elephants are straying into our areas like Siddhi, Singrauli, Shahdol, Annupur, Mandla and Dindori. Plan to declare Sanjay National Park as elephant habitat is in process," Khandekar told.

The area adopted by elephants in MP has a rich vegetation, including bamboo shoots — their favourite food. In July 2017, a herd of elephants had strayed into jungles around Kusmi block in Siddhi district from Chhattisgarh sparking panic. However no damages were reported.
Elephants come from Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to adjoining areas of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh due to abundance of standing crop and bamboo, besides other forest produce. Usually, it takes refuge in small patches of forests during daytime, come out and raids crops in night. In Madhya Pradesh, straying of wild elephants were first reported in Siddhi district in 2002.

The state had lost its elephants to Chhattisgarh after the division of the state. Reply