Forest department of the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve have come up with innovative ideas to keep elephants away from agricultural fields.

The first step taken by the forest department was to dig elephant-proof trenches along the nearly 12-kilometre stretch of the border between the Reserve and the village settlement.

IFS officer S Sathish and his team personally met with the farmers of the village settlement who requested them to settle down the issues caused by stray elephants.

They installed double-layered protection in those areas  by hanging solar power fences to keep the animals at bay.

They raised awareness regarding elephant movement with villagers  so that no person gets hurt and loses life because of the jumbos.