Mettupalayam farmer to remove electric fence for jumbo's easy movement

HEEDING to requests from the forest department, a farmer from Samayapuram of Mettupalayam has disconnected solar power supply and will soon remove a fence he had put up to protect his banana plantation and facilitate free movement of elephants.

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Forest officials contacted the farmer, who wished to remain anonymous, after locals captured a video of 'Baahubali' elephant standing confused and struggling to proceed further as the farm which he used to pass through had been fenced with solar power.

Forest officials told the farmer that Samayapuram has been listed as one of the 42 places in the state government's draft elephant corridor policy.