‘Operation Gajamukthi’ at Aralam Farm to enter next phase from Dec. 23

The Forest section volition motorboat the adjacent signifier of ‘Operation Gajamukthi’ connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025) to safely thrust chaotic elephants that person strayed into Aralam workplace and adjacent rehabilitation areas backmost into their earthy situation wrong the wildlife sanctuary.

The two-day intensive driving operation, scheduled to proceed till December 24, 2025, volition beryllium carried retired nether the enactment of the Forest section with coordinated enactment from assorted authorities departments. Officials said the ngo has been planned with afloat preparedness, extended arrangements, and implicit inter-departmental cooperation, and would beryllium implemented strictly arsenic per the Forest department’s modular operating procedure. Similar operations person been carried retired earlier astatine regular intervals based connected necessity.

As portion of the operation, precocious drones and camera traps volition beryllium utilized to accurately way some elephant herds and lone elephants wrong the workplace area. The Kottiyoor Range Officer and the Aralam Assistant Wildlife Warden volition relation arsenic incidental commanders, portion 2 peculiar driving teams person been deployed for the task.

Based connected real-time monitoring done drones and camera traps, the driving cognition volition statesman aft 10 a.m. Traffic restrictions volition beryllium enforced astatine Palappuzha, Odanthode bridge, Odanthode schoolhouse Junction, Block 6 cheque post, Thalippara Junction, and Block 13 Junction during the operation.

The broad enactment program is being implemented with the coordinated enactment of the section self-government institutions, Health department, Revenue department, and the Aralam Farm Corporation. Special teams person been deployed to guarantee the information of residents successful the rehabilitation areas and to behaviour consciousness programmes. Night patrol volition beryllium intensified successful susceptible areas, including Pookund, wherever elephants whitethorn effort to instrumentality aft the operation.

The ngo is being overseen by an organising committee chaired by the Sub-Collector, with the Divisional Forest Officer serving arsenic the wide convener.