Mysuru, Jan. 30 -- In view of the summer, Minister of Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre has instructed the officials to effectively maintain the Elephant Proof Trenches (EPT) and Solar Fences, to check the menace of wild elephants at the villages in forest fringes and to prevent wild fire.

He was addressing a meeting of Senior Forest Officers of Mysuru Circle at Aranya Bhavan, Ashokapuram in the city yesterday.

Precautions should be taken to check wild fire and the Fire Extinguishers should be kept ready to douse the fire. The Forest personnel in all the ranges should keep a vigil and in case of any fire, they have to swung into action by dousing the flames to save forest resources. Awareness should be created among the vil...