Tamil Nadu to spend ₹180 crore over five years on human-wildlife conflict mitigation

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The Tamil Nadu government will be spending ₹180 crore over the next five years to implement a Comprehensive Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Scheme.

N. Marie Wilson, Minister for Finance, Planning and Development, had announced in the 2026-27 Budget that “a Comprehensive Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Scheme will be introduced, incorporating scientific measures such as hanging solar fences, GPS-enabled vehicles for conflict management, night patrolling, security, and monitoring.”

These mitigation measures would be implemented across 100 conflict-prone villages in the districts of Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Krishnagiri, the Nilgiris, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, and Tiruppur in the Western Ghats region.