Solar fence to reduce man-animal conflict near Tadoba tiger sanctuary in Maharashtra

In a bid to reduce man-animal conflict and to prevent damage to crops in villages, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said guidelines should be made to put up individual solar fences in sensitive villages where wildlife movement is more. Thackeray also directed forest department officials that tigers should be radio-collared and camera should be affixed to track their movement and alert locals in a time-bound manner.

Chandrapur district, which has a high tiger population, has seen the most tiger attack cases out of the total 88 recorded in 2020. Taking cognisance of the rising human-tiger conflict in Chandrapur, the Maharashtra government had set up an 11-member committee to look into options for conservation, relocation of tigers, and suggest measures to reduce conflict.