Jharkhand To Use "Jumbo Hooters" To Scare Away Elephants From Villages
(Chaibasa)
NDTV
October 18, 2021
Amid increased instances of elephants wreaking havoc in Jharkhand,
trampling villagers to death and destroying crops and property, the Saranda
Forest Division authorities decided to take resort to "Jumbo Hooters" that
will scare the intruding animals away with a combination light and sound,
an official said on Monday.
The "Jumbo Hooter" - Animal Intrusion Detection and Repellent System
(ANIDERS) - is a solar-powered machine, the sensors of which can
distinguish between animals and humans and raise an alarm on detecting
elephants within its range, alerting the people nearby.
ANIDERS is being installed at 18 villages affected by elephant attacks in
the Saranda region in the first phase as a pilot project, Divisional Forest
Officer (DFO) of Saranda, Chandramauli Prasad Sinha, said.
The machine's built-in camera will record the activities of the elephants
and send the footage to forest officials, alerting them too.
The success rate of the machines is stated to be 86 per cent as per
research conducted by World Wide Fund for Nature in India, the official
said.
The state forest department has approved the plan and the expenses incurred
would be borne by Tata Steel Long Products Limited, Mr Sinha said.
If the project is successful, it will be replicated elsewhere, he said.
ANIDERS is in use in states such as Kerala, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam,
Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu, according to the firm which is
installing the machine in Jharkhand.
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Several people get killed in elephant attacks in the state every year.
Last week, four people were trampled to death in Giridih district by
elephants, while pachyderms killed another four in neighbouring areas,
including Hazaribag, besides injuring more than 20 people.
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/jharkhand-to-use-jumbo-hooters-to-scare-away-elephants-from-villages-2579633
Jharkhand To Use "Jumbo Hooters" To Scare Away Elephants From Villages
(Chaibasa)
NDTV
October 18, 2021
Amid increased instances of elephants wreaking havoc in Jharkhand,
trampling villagers to death and destroying crops and property, the Saranda
Forest Division authorities decided to take resort to "Jumbo Hooters" that
will scare the intruding animals away with a combination light and sound,
an official said on Monday.
The "Jumbo Hooter" - Animal Intrusion Detection and Repellent System
(ANIDERS) - is a solar-powered machine, the sensors of which can
distinguish between animals and humans and raise an alarm on detecting
elephants within its range, alerting the people nearby.
ANIDERS is being installed at 18 villages affected by elephant attacks in
the Saranda region in the first phase as a pilot project, Divisional Forest
Officer (DFO) of Saranda, Chandramauli Prasad Sinha, said.
The machine's built-in camera will record the activities of the elephants
and send the footage to forest officials, alerting them too.
The success rate of the machines is stated to be 86 per cent as per
research conducted by World Wide Fund for Nature in India, the official
said.
The state forest department has approved the plan and the expenses incurred
would be borne by Tata Steel Long Products Limited, Mr Sinha said.
If the project is successful, it will be replicated elsewhere, he said.
ANIDERS is in use in states such as Kerala, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam,
Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu, according to the firm which is
installing the machine in Jharkhand.
PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com
Several people get killed in elephant attacks in the state every year.
Last week, four people were trampled to death in Giridih district by
elephants, while pachyderms killed another four in neighbouring areas,
including Hazaribag, besides injuring more than 20 people.
https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/jharkhand-to-use-jumbo-hooters-to-scare-away-elephants-from-villages-2579633