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In a bid to forestall chaotic elephants from straying into quality habitations, the Forest section has installed compact physics devices cognize arsenic 'Farm Guards’ on the wood bound astatine the Aralam Farm Rehabilitation Centre successful Kannur. The devices, with sensors, emit large alarm sounds and aggravated flashing lights erstwhile elephants approach, forcing them to retreat.
Installed arsenic portion of efforts by the Aralam Task Force, with the enactment of the Rapid Response Team (RRT), the devices are aimed astatine addressing recurring incidents of elephants entering inhabited areas. Officials said the determination followed palmy trials of the strategy successful different locations.
Baiju Paul Mathew, president of the Aralam Task Force, said earlier methods of driving elephants distant often proved ineffective. The animals destroyed star fencing utilizing woods. “The instrumentality was tested successfully successful Vadakanadu successful Wayanad, wherever elephants utilized to raid paddy crop. Following the success, it was was decided to instal them astatine Kottapara successful Block 13,” helium said.
He said with the enactment of the RRT, susceptible points were identified and 9 devices had already been installed and 2 much would beryllium installed successful the coming days.
He said each instrumentality weights astir 2.5 kg and was equipped with 3 speakers and precocious strength lights connected each 4 sides. The sensors successful the instrumentality could observe the beingness of elephants wrong a scope of 15 m and they volition past emit sounds that are unpleasant to the animals on with piercing flashes of airy prompting the animals to withdraw. The strategy tin emit antithetic deterrent sounds for assorted animals. The dependable volition besides alert radical astir the beingness of elephants.
He said each of the solar-power devices outgo astir ₹10,000 and respective of them were bought with the enactment of sponsors.
