17/06/2010 12:31 PM
The Forest Department of Coimbatore, in Tamil Nadu, India, is planning to install more high security fencing along forest boundaries to keep out pachyderms and wild boar.
Coimbatore has some 340km of forest boundary, much of which, 250km, is identified as man-animal conflict-prone, reports The Hindu.
The Forest Department has already installed 120km of high security fencing in the region.
Its solar-electric security fencing solution has also been teamed with a number of Elephant-proof trenches.
As well as increasing the security fencing boundary, Coimbatore is planning on planting 10,000 seedlings of Cylindropuntia Ramosissima variety - a thorny bush which is hoped will act as a natural repellent to wild animals, the paper states.
Perur Chettipalayam, a variety of cactus, is also being considered as it will grow well alongside the thorny shrub.
Earlier this week, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India announced plans to erect more high security fencing along its sea-bound border as a means of reducing security risks at the facility.
Coimbatore has some 340km of forest boundary, much of which, 250km, is identified as man-animal conflict-prone, reports The Hindu.
The Forest Department has already installed 120km of high security fencing in the region.
Its solar-electric security fencing solution has also been teamed with a number of Elephant-proof trenches.
As well as increasing the security fencing boundary, Coimbatore is planning on planting 10,000 seedlings of Cylindropuntia Ramosissima variety - a thorny bush which is hoped will act as a natural repellent to wild animals, the paper states.
Perur Chettipalayam, a variety of cactus, is also being considered as it will grow well alongside the thorny shrub.
Earlier this week, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India announced plans to erect more high security fencing along its sea-bound border as a means of reducing security risks at the facility.
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