January 07, 2012 10:30 am | Updated July 25, 2016 07:29 pm IST - Coimbatore
To prevent elephants from straying into human habitations and farms, forest officials in Pollachi have started digging trenches for a distance of two km from Pothamadai to Poongan Olai. The trench, two metres deep and three metres wide, will stop elephants from entering residential areas and help prevent man-animal conflict in the region.
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