With the annual migratory movement of elephants to the Valparai plateau starting, the Forest Department has sensitised estate workers and the public to the need to be careful and to follow the dos and don’ts to avoid negative interactions with the pachyderms. Besides that, the smart virtual fencing system comprising 1,300 infrared-based devices installed at strategically important locations also generates …
The Forest Department has commenced an investigation, following the discovery of the skeletal remains of an elephant inside a noon meal centre adjoining a government-aided school in Valparai, that had been remained locked due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Sources in the Revenue Department said that the noon meal centre was next to the Government Aided Elementary School in the High …
