mysore in these villages music and lights are on throughout the night no deadlines set but most villagers stay awake too not partying but fear for life is what keeps these hapless villagers on their toes with mananimal conflicts becoming more frequent fear has become a reality for villagers in nanjangud and heggadadevana kote taluks in mysore when steps initiated by authorities failed to make any difference they adopted innovative measures to keep leopards at bay if some are using audio players some keep lights on throughout the night villagers in regions where leopards often create panic are banking on these measures and are relieved now however many are not sure how long these will help them mahendra a farm owner in ahalya in nanjangud taluk claimed that leopards are sighted frequently near his farm since a year a month ago i noticed that playing audio player overnight is keeping them away since then i have been practicing it a visibly elated mahendra said the farm owner said he has downloaded film songs on a 4gb microchip and switches the audio player on in the night mahendra who is not sure whether leopards stopped coming because of music or a few of them were trapped in h d kote region added in h d kote region adjoining nagarahole and bandipura national parks villagers keep lights on throughout the night however they are not aware that it is not a reliable option because there is no guaranty of continuous power supply in these areas residents in hirennadi chikkanahalli jinnahalli kanchmalli karyahundi and malraddhundi in h d kote want a permanent solution to ensure their safetywildlife biologist sanjay gubbi said these measures are good but villagers should mix and match their initiatives so that leopards dont get adjusted to them leopards can adjust themselves to any condition for survival and they prefer sugarcane fields because temperature is cozy and water is available human and leopard conflicts are high in nanjangud and if farmers are happy let them adopt such measures in tamil nadu farmers use serial set lights in some villages to prevent elephants from entering their area farmers should focus on keeping their livestock in safe place instead of tying them outside or in open sheds he added