Elephant Corridors

India has at least 150 elephant corridors spanning 15 range-states across four elephant-bearing regions, with West Bengal topping the list with 26 such land strips, according to a new Union Environment Ministry report.

The introduction of an AI-based surveillance mechanism in 11 elephant corridors in the northeast has helped eliminate elephant deaths due to train collisions there and the Northeast Frontier Railway now plans to introduce it across the zone.

The carcass of an adult elephant was found in Assam's Tinsukia district, while a rhino was injured after being knocked down by a vehicle on the animal corridor in Kaziranga National Park, forest officials said on Friday.

Up to 10,000 trees could be chopped down for the expansion of Uttarakhand's main airport in Dehradun, news agency PTI reported on Friday, quoting forest department officials. The move to cut the trees in the Thano range of the Dehradun forest division could affect wildlife in the elephant corridors nearby, forest department sources said.

Perched on a 25-feet high watchtower in an elephant corridor outside their village in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, two men who are brothers have made it their COVID-19 quarantine facility for the past few days.

Man must give way to elephants, the Supreme Court said today while hearing cases relating to resorts built illegally inside wildlife corridors in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri Hills

Scores of devotees cheered as Kerala's beloved one-eyed elephant waded through the corridor of the famed Vadakkumnathan temple in Thrissur on Sunday after it was given a conditional nod by the district authorities to participate in the Thrissur Pooram festival.

A female elephant was killed after being hit by a goods train in Odisha's Keonjhar district, Forest officials said today. The incident took place at around 9.55 pm yesterday night when a herd of 10 elephants were crossing the railway tracks near Ramachandrapur village and the empty goods train was heading towards Nayagarh from Jakhapura.

Clamping down on resorts operating without approval in elephant corridor of Nilgiris area, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu government to seal or close down within 48 hours 27 such commercial establishments.

The government told parliament last year that 1,100 people had been killed in the previous three years. The elephants too are paying a heavy price with around 700 fatalities in the last eight years across the country.

Four elephants were killed after a speeding train hit them near a level crossing in Bagadihi Forest Range area in Odisha's Jharsuguda district on Monday. The elephants were crossing the railway track, which is a designated elephant corridor, on the Howrah-Mumbai line, said Assistant Conservator of Forests PK Dhal.

Besides the standoff in Doklam, bilateral ties between India and China were affected by a number of issues last year, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor which passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, China blocking efforts at the United Nations to list terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist as well as In...

The Supreme Court would hear on April 6 the issue of elephant corridors in the country, particularly in the Rajaji National Park in Uttar Pradesh, to curb human-animal conflict.

Four elephants were killed in Assam's Nagaon district on Saturday after being hit by a speeding train.

Five adult elephants and a calf were crushed to death last night by a train in Assam. The elephants were hit by the Guwahati-Naharlagun Express at around 1 am when the herd was trying to cross the rail line, sources in the railways said.

India has at least 150 elephant corridors spanning 15 range-states across four elephant-bearing regions, with West Bengal topping the list with 26 such land strips, according to a new Union Environment Ministry report.

The introduction of an AI-based surveillance mechanism in 11 elephant corridors in the northeast has helped eliminate elephant deaths due to train collisions there and the Northeast Frontier Railway now plans to introduce it across the zone.

The carcass of an adult elephant was found in Assam's Tinsukia district, while a rhino was injured after being knocked down by a vehicle on the animal corridor in Kaziranga National Park, forest officials said on Friday.

Up to 10,000 trees could be chopped down for the expansion of Uttarakhand's main airport in Dehradun, news agency PTI reported on Friday, quoting forest department officials. The move to cut the trees in the Thano range of the Dehradun forest division could affect wildlife in the elephant corridors nearby, forest department sources said.

Perched on a 25-feet high watchtower in an elephant corridor outside their village in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, two men who are brothers have made it their COVID-19 quarantine facility for the past few days.

Man must give way to elephants, the Supreme Court said today while hearing cases relating to resorts built illegally inside wildlife corridors in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri Hills

Scores of devotees cheered as Kerala's beloved one-eyed elephant waded through the corridor of the famed Vadakkumnathan temple in Thrissur on Sunday after it was given a conditional nod by the district authorities to participate in the Thrissur Pooram festival.

A female elephant was killed after being hit by a goods train in Odisha's Keonjhar district, Forest officials said today. The incident took place at around 9.55 pm yesterday night when a herd of 10 elephants were crossing the railway tracks near Ramachandrapur village and the empty goods train was heading towards Nayagarh from Jakhapura.

Clamping down on resorts operating without approval in elephant corridor of Nilgiris area, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu government to seal or close down within 48 hours 27 such commercial establishments.

The government told parliament last year that 1,100 people had been killed in the previous three years. The elephants too are paying a heavy price with around 700 fatalities in the last eight years across the country.

Four elephants were killed after a speeding train hit them near a level crossing in Bagadihi Forest Range area in Odisha's Jharsuguda district on Monday. The elephants were crossing the railway track, which is a designated elephant corridor, on the Howrah-Mumbai line, said Assistant Conservator of Forests PK Dhal.

Besides the standoff in Doklam, bilateral ties between India and China were affected by a number of issues last year, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor which passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, China blocking efforts at the United Nations to list terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist as well as In...

The Supreme Court would hear on April 6 the issue of elephant corridors in the country, particularly in the Rajaji National Park in Uttar Pradesh, to curb human-animal conflict.

Four elephants were killed in Assam's Nagaon district on Saturday after being hit by a speeding train.

Five adult elephants and a calf were crushed to death last night by a train in Assam. The elephants were hit by the Guwahati-Naharlagun Express at around 1 am when the herd was trying to cross the rail line, sources in the railways said.