After HC nudge, solar fences removed to facilitate jumbo movement in Kallar corridor

SOLAR fences obstructing elephant movements have been removed based on the suggestion of the Madras High Court.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Coimbatore

The fences were put up by the Kallar farm, owned by the horticulture department, along with a private matriculation school and the Forest College and Research Institute in Mettupalayam.

Wildlife activists lauded the judicial intervention that would facilitate the free movement of wild elephants, as these government-owned campuses, along with the private school, are located in the Kallar corridor (Jaccanaire slope-Hulikal Durgam-Nellithurai Koothamandi south).

This is a notable elephant migratory corridor in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR), which includes Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka.