Mangaluru: The project reduced the elephant-human attack using bees (re-hab), which was launched in 11 locations in Kodagu in March last year, will soon make its presence feel in Dakshina Kannada too.
A team from the Khadi Commission and the Village Industry (KVIC), visited several villages in Sutia, who witnessed the human-elephant conflict, as part of a re-hab-project on Wednesday.
Embassy of Ramasamy, Deputy Director, Bengaluru, Kvic, Bengaluru, said that the team visited Sampaje, Aletty, Kollamaru, Kalmakar, Aivarnadu and Mandekolu, and interacted with villagers, Panchayat and forest officials.
Areca, coconut and bananas are planted there by them.
According to forest officials, elephant movements are common in these villages, and even though the ditch has been placed, there are several parts.
“We have reached a limited South Kanara Kanara Kanara Kanara Community, and the Ministry of Forestry for the implementation of the project,” he said.
“Under the project, the bee fence was established by preparing a bee box in the elephant corridor, to prevent the entry into the human region.
The boxes are connected with a string, so when elephants try to pass it, pull or pull causes bees to spread the herd of elephants, and prevent them from advancing further.
This is a cost-effective way to reduce human-animal conflicts, without causing damage to animals.
Elephants are afraid of bee flocks, because they can bite the inner side of the inside of the stem and sensitive eyes, and the collective buzz is annoying to the elephant, which forces them to return, “said Senthilkumar, added the project in Kodagu has reduced elephant attacks.
70%.
, KVIC will distribute 10 boxes per person, with Live bee colonies, next week.
The plan is to distribute 350 boxes to 35 people.
Before the box is distributed, a three-day training camp on beekeepers will be carried out through the Cooperative Community of South Kanara Keeper Guard.
According to Estimates, almost 500 people die every year because of an attack by elephants in India.
The government generally focuses on mitigating the conflict of the elephants by spending crores rupees, in digging trenches, and establishing a fence to prevent elephants.
The experiments of the honeycomb fence are carried out in Maharashtra, and reported Noted an increase in harvest from 30%.
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