Wild animal menace: solar-powered hanging fences to be set up around vulnerable areas in Chakkittappara panchayat in Keralam’s Kozhikode
Authorities in Kerala's Kozhikode district have begun installing solar-powered hanging fences to protect human settlements from wild animal incursions. The project aims to mitigate crop damage and safety risks caused by elephants, boars, and monkeys in vulnerable forest border areas.
Why it matters
This initiative addresses the escalating human-wildlife conflict, a critical environmental and social issue in rural India.
Field work for the installation of solar-powered hanging fences has begun in Chakkittappara grama panchayat in Kozhikode district in Keralam to address recurring incidents of wild animals entering human settlements and damaging crops in the hilly areas.
The initial work began at Randamcheeli in Poozhithode. The fence is being installed across vulnerable stretches in Poozhithode, Chempanoda and Alambara, where residents have reported frequent incursions by wild elephants, wild boars and monkeys.
The project forms part of a wider Forest department initiative to install hanging solar fences along about 64 km of vulnerable forest borders in Kozhikode district. The initiative was launched during the tenure of the Left Democratic Front government and covers selected locations under the Peruvannamoozhi, Kuttiyadi and Thamarassery forest ranges.
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