ahmedabad old sarees which were lying unused in the storage are in demand in begva village in dholka taluka of ahmedabad district the sarees have come to the rescue of farmers in dholka velavadar and areas inhabited by black bucks and neelgais blue bulls and wild boars the farmers use this sixyard material to prevent these animals from entering their fields and destroying standing cropsthe sarees are tied to the barbed fencing of which the lower end is left loose prakashbhai ramanbhai a farmer in dholka said the wild boar neelgai and sometimes even blackbuck would enter the field and destroy the standing crop this would result in huge loss we were told by some experts from the forest department that tying saree along the field would prevent the wild animal from entering the field we found it worth experimenting and realized that the wild boars damaged adjacent fields but they couldnt enter our fields the farmers especially those whove got their fields adjacent to the main road have now started employing this method he said bhartiben joshi sarpanch of begva village said some farmers have started fencing the fields with sarees the experiment is catching up and people are now buying sarees from others villagers to use them for fencing the fields another farmer from velavadar ganpat parmar said that in velavadar black buck was a protected animal and hence the farmers have to take precautions we were told by experts from the forest de partment to resort to such practice and we found that saree worked wonder as the black buck upon seeing the saree fencing would run away from the area thinking it to be a human being parmar said the families collect sarees even from relatives and use them for fencing he said that they keep changing the design and colour to prevent the animal from getting used to the sarees and their designs ccf junagadh a p singh said that not just velavadar and ahmedabad district but several farmers in saurashtra have started employing the same method to protect their fields from animals the system is effective but not full proof the movement of the saree in the night and the sound keep the animal away from the field he said h s singh member of national board for wildlife said by arranging used sarees of different designs around the crop will make wild animals assume human presence in the area and deter them the animals are not so familiar with the colours and designs keep them away