Installation of Solar Fencing Units
Objectives
- ✴ To avoid the conflict between farmer and animals.
- ✴ To protect the crops in agricultural land of the farmers from animals like Wild boar, Bison, Deer,
- Elephant etc., Solar fencing units are to be provided with subsidy assistance.
Funding Pattern
- ✴ Union Government - 60%,
- ✴ State Government - 40%
Benefits offered (Subsidy)
- ✴ 50% subsidy for all farmers
- ✴ 70% subsidy for small and marginal farmer under SC and ST Category.
Project Area
- ✴ All districts (Except Chennai)
Details of Works
- ✴ Normal type of Solar Fencing Units with 5 lines, 7 lines and 10 lines of fence wire for all animals excluding elephants.
- ✴ A special Hanging type of Solar Fencing units with 5 lines, 7 lines and 10 lines for all animals including elephants.
Eligibility
- ✴ All farmers.
Officer to be approached
- ✴ Assistant Executive Engineer (AE)’s in the concerned project districts.
