Solar-powered electric fences surrounding
Solar-powered electric fences surrounding the VDCs bordering Chitwan
National Park have greatly rid the villagers of wild animal attacks and
rampage.
Earlier, wild animals from the park used to enter the surrounding villages and attack local people and destroy crops. Some people were even displaced from Simara due to floods and wild animal menace.
With the installation of electric fences in Jagatpur, Meghauli, Patihani and Bagauda VDCs in the buffer zone, local residents are sleeping like a log. Regular threats from wild animals have largely gone down. The fences have been set up to 35 km areas from Dhowaha to Pauhari with the help of Terai Arc Landscape Project.
Prabhu Mahato, a local resident, said wild animals used to destroy crops. But the locals heaved a sigh of relief after solar-powered electric fences were set up, he said. “Crops are ready for harvest.
Now rhinos and other animals, only elephants trouble locals at times,” he said. Electric fences have also been set up in a 14-km-long area at Ayodhyapur. According to park officials, electric fences need repair. “In some places, electric wires have touched the ground and some are damaged,” said park conservation officer Jhamak Bahadur Karki.
Earlier, wild animals from the park used to enter the surrounding villages and attack local people and destroy crops. Some people were even displaced from Simara due to floods and wild animal menace.
With the installation of electric fences in Jagatpur, Meghauli, Patihani and Bagauda VDCs in the buffer zone, local residents are sleeping like a log. Regular threats from wild animals have largely gone down. The fences have been set up to 35 km areas from Dhowaha to Pauhari with the help of Terai Arc Landscape Project.
Prabhu Mahato, a local resident, said wild animals used to destroy crops. But the locals heaved a sigh of relief after solar-powered electric fences were set up, he said. “Crops are ready for harvest.
Now rhinos and other animals, only elephants trouble locals at times,” he said. Electric fences have also been set up in a 14-km-long area at Ayodhyapur. According to park officials, electric fences need repair. “In some places, electric wires have touched the ground and some are damaged,” said park conservation officer Jhamak Bahadur Karki.
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