Project RE-HAB curbs elephant-human conflict, will soon be replicated in other states

Innovation project RE-HAB is a unique, cost-effective way of preventing elephant-human conflicts without causing any harm to both.

As part of innovation project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant Human Attacks using Bees), boxes with bees were placed last month, at four locations on the periphery of the Nagarhole National Park in Kodagu district of Karnataka. Under this, bee boxes are used as a fence to prevent elephants from entering human habitation, thus reducing loss of lives and property. The project is being implemented by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in a phased manner. It is a unique, cost-effective way of preventing elephant-human conflicts without causing any harm to both.