Bahundangi gets early warning system to tackle elephant menace

The early warning system sets off a siren after detecting the movement of elephants and also notifies locals through the ‘Hatti Ayo’ mobile application.

The Bahundangi area in Mechinagar Municipality-4, in Jhapa, home to around 1,800 households, regularly makes headlines for its human-animal conflict problem. Wild animals, especially elephants, have been terrorising this border countryside for decades. Elephants enter the village from India crossing the Mechi River, locals say, and kill people and cause massive destruction to the properties.