Jhapa, Nov 14: Locals have demanded the installation of new solar electric fencing to stop the damage to life and property caused by wild elephants and to expand the use of tractors to drive away elephants.
Locals made such demands to the team of Chief District Officer Shrawankumar Pokharel and security chiefs who reached BahunDangi of Mechinagar-4 on Friday to monitor the efforts to control elephants and interact with the affected residents.
Hari Prasad Upreti, Chairman of the Human-Elephant Conflict Management and Environmental Conservation Committee, said that new fencing is necessary for a long-term solution as the electric fencing installed a decade ago has become dilapidated.
According to him, locals are trying to stop herds of about 100 elephants coming daily from India by patrolling all night and stopping them at the Mechi riverbank.
