Faulty electric fence fails to stop wild elephants

Farmers in Naula Divisional Secretary’s Division in Matale District complained that wild elephants were encroaching into their villages due to an electric fence that had been installed not working properly.

Farmers of Moragolla, Ambana Senagama and Opalwala areas said that their cultivations have been destroyed by the wild elephants that roam about in these areas.

They explained that the fence is operated by a battery which had been stolen by thieves, resulting in the fence being without electricity and thereby making it useless for stopping wild elephants from entering their villages.

Ranjith K. Vijitha of the Department of Wild Life in Elahera said that they were taking remedial measures to rectify the situation.