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With the summertime play approaching, the Forest Department has started filling h2o successful 100-odd troughs successful the Coimbatore Forest Division for chaotic animals.
Forest Department officials said troughs are being filled with h2o aft cleaning them astatine regular intervals.
Around 30 troughs successful the 7 wood ranges successful the part person borewells attached to them. They are equipped with solar-powered motors to gully water. Other troughs are replenished utilizing tankers.
Besides aiding chaotic animals quench their thirst wrong the forests, regular refilling of these artificial waterholes is besides aimed astatine reducing incidents of chaotic animals entering quality habitations for h2o successful the summer.
District Forest Officer N. Jayaraj has instructed Forest Range Officers of each the ranges to person the frontline unit cheque the troughs regularly and refill them based connected need.
V. Thirumurugan, Forest Range Officer, Coimbatore range, said brackish licks are besides placed adjacent earthy waterholes and troughs to supplement mineral needs of the chaotic animals.
