The system will alert locals by providing timely information about possible attacks by wild animals including elephants, tigers, leopards, and nilgai.
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With the aim of reducing human-wildlife conflict, an early warning system has been installed in villages in the buffer zone of Banke National Park.
To protect locals from the risk of wildlife, an early warning system (siren) has been installed in Khadgawar of Kohalpur-13, Mahadevpur of Rapti Sonari-9, Buchapur of Rapti Sonari-8, and Gobharpur of Rapti Sonari-2, informed Kamal Regmi, Field Representative of JDSL Nepal. He said that the system will help locals be alert by providing timely information about possible attacks by wild animals including elephants, tigers, leopards, and nilgai.
Birendra Kandel, Chief of Banke National Park, said that an early warning system has been installed in four places to reduce the risk of wildlife. According to him, a GPS tracking system was also installed in Ashar. He said that programs such as fences, mesh nets, goat improvement and shack improvement are being implemented from the park to keep the settlements safe. He said that information about the activities taking place inside the park can be obtained through the GPS tracking system.
Citizens living in the buffer zone of Banke National Park have been suffering losses to human and food crops due to attacks by wild animals including wild elephants for years. Elephant-human conflict has been a recurring problem in the Overi, Chyama, Gobharpur and Buchapur areas connected to the park.
Shaligram Yadav of Buchapur Elephant Center said that sirens are sounded as soon as elephants and other wild animals enter the village. He said that this has played an important role in preventing human losses.
There are nine wild elephants in Banke National Park. Although the settlement has been fenced to make it safe, elephants and other wild animals occasionally enter the settlement due to lack of sufficient food in the forest.
