India, June 6 -- The Kerala Forest Department has prepared a 100-day action plan to reduce human-animal conflict in the State, an issue highlighted by the Congress-led UDF during its Assembly election campaign in the high-range regions.

Addressing a press conference after holding meetings with forest officials in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Minister Shibu Baby John said a centralised solar fencing monitoring system and an automatic fault-detection system would be set up with public participation.

He said the system would allow controlled public access to report faults in solar fencing along forest borders.

The State Forest minister said solar fencing currently covers 2,000 kilometres of border areas and that fencing along an additional ...