Minister of Forests K. Ponmuda on Friday said the Assembly that the state uses modern technology and techniques such as thermal drones and real -time monitoring through artificial intelligence to avoid negative interaction with the human elephant.
The Minister responded to the proposal of the attention, which was Mlas T. Ramacandran and K. Marimuth during the installation of steel fences to prevent the human dwellings adjacent to the forest areas in the Thalli assembly.
Mr. Ponmuda also stated that the forest department in the forest line Hosur carries out various preventive measures. Steel fences, solar fences and sun -driven hanging fences were installed to prevent elephants to get lost in agricultural areas and residential areas. The steel fences were already installed for 35.20 km and suspended solar fences for more than 18.20 km.
In addition, there was an installation of steel fences at Denkanikottai at the price of 3.5 crore. The border patrol teams work continuously and send wild animals that set off from the forests back to their natural environment. The employees of the forest department were trained in operating drones to monitor the movement of wild animals. In addition, in areas susceptible to negative interactions with the human elephant, teams were created with the participation of local residents to monitor the movement of animals and sharing information, added the minister.
For the villagers, trainings and camps were held for awareness of ways to protect crops from elephants, said, adding that the warning mark and the sound and lights of the triggering device were installed in areas susceptible to negative interactions with human animals.
Published – 5th April 2025 12:30 hours. He is
