The Uttarakhand forest department will write to all power companies asking them to tighten suspension of high tension cables after two elephants died of suspected electrocution in the state in the past 10 days failing which action will be taken against them, forest officials said.
The state forest department will give one month’s time to the companies for the repair work.
JS Suhag, chief wildlife warden of Uttarakhand forest department said that as per norms the height of the wires should be checked every year, which is not being done due to which sagging cables touch the bodies of the elephants.
“Organisations like Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited (PTCUL) are supposed to check the height of high-tension wires passing through forest areas every year. The suspension of the wires changes over time and it lowers due to which it touches the elephants and other animals passing through those areas, leading to electrocution of the animals,” said Suhag.
