From safe passages to AI-based early-warning systems and remote sensing technologies, India is adopting science-driven measures to reduce elephant deaths caused by train collisions, say officials.
Elephant corridors are vital land strips connecting fragmented habitats, allowing safe movement for the tuskers critical for biodiversity and reducing human-elephant conflict. However, many of them are said to be blocked by encroachment, roads, and railway tracks.
Man-made obstacles like irrigation canals, railway lines, and highways meandering through their habitats and traditional migratory paths are hindering the giant animals’ migration and movement for food. All
As coal mining operations expand unchecked, the state's inaction risks turning this tragedy into a full-blown epidemic.
Odisha is home to 1976 elephants as per the latest headcount of these mammals while Keonjhar district houses 50 wild elephants.
To avoid elephant deaths and to keep elephants off railway tracks, the Alipurduar division of the North East Frontier Railway…
