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Solar fencing to stop wild elephants from entering villages in J’khand
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
|December 02, 2025
IN a pioneering initiative in Jharkhand, solar fencing is being installed around the villages to prevent man-animal conflict in Chandil area of Saraikela-Kharsawan district. Under this project, 12-volt wire is laid outside the villages, powered with solar power, to keep wild elephants away.
According to forest officials, after coming in contact with these live-wires, elephants feel a mild shock and retreat to the forests. It doesn't threaten their lives. It has been installed at a stretch of one kilometre near Ramnager village in Chandil as a pilot project; it will be expanded based on the response.
"The response has been quite positive in the last one week and we have succeeded in keeping elephants away from the village at least from the side where solar fencing was in-
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