Rapid response teams (RRTs) of the Forest department will start functioning at Agali, Pudur and Sholayur grama panchayats of Attappady from Saturday.
The Forest department will chalk out a special plan to identify the four rogue elephants spreading damage and fear in Attappady and to drive them back into the inner forests.
The firefighting measures against the increasing incidence of elephant attacks in Attappady were taken at a meeting convened by Minister for Agriculture P. Prasad at Cheerakkadavu Community Hall in Attappady on Friday.
