Palakkad DRM inspects EIDS along the Madukkarai - Kottekad section
2 months ago

Palakkad DRM inspects EIDS along the Madukkarai - Kottekad section

The Hindu  

Divisional Railway Manager of Palakkad Division Arun Kumar Chaturvedi inspected the ongoing work on the Elephant Intrusion Detection System along the Kottekkad-Madukkarai section on Thursday. The DRM reviewed the progress of the project, which is a pioneering initiative by the Palakkad Division of the Southern Railway to prevent elephant intrusions and ensure the safety of both wildlife and passengers. This state-of-the-art solution is designed to detect elephant movements near railway tracks and promptly alert station masters and train drivers, enabling swift action to avert mishaps. Palakkad Division has already implemented a series of measures, such as reducing train speeds during night time, installing AI-based camera surveillance, erecting solar fences, widening cuttings and embankments, and enhancing lighting along vulnerable sections.

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Action plan to reduce human-wildlife conflict in Palakkad
1 week, 5 days ago

Action plan to reduce human-wildlife conflict in Palakkad

The Hindu  

In a bid to mitigate the escalating human-wildlife conflict in Palakkad district, the Forest Department, in collaboration with Indian Railways, is set to implement a series of cutting-edge action plans utilizing innovative technologies, including Artificial Intelligence. By leveraging AI, authorities can track the movement patterns of wild animals along the forest boundaries of the Palakkad Forest Division. In the event …

Forest Department continues to monitor wild elephant near Coimbatore
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Forest Department continues to monitor wild elephant near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Forest Department is continuing to monitor a male wild elephant that allegedly trampled two persons to death and caused damages to properties in villages bordering forests. Field staff from Coimbatore and Periyanaickenpalayam forest ranges have been tasked to monitor the movement of the elephant, following demands from certain sections of farmers for its translocation. An official from the Department …

A train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary, killing at least 6 of them in Sri Lanka
1 month ago

A train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary, killing at least 6 of them in Sri Lanka

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A passenger train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals, an official said on Thursday. Wildlife and police officers stand next to a derailed train engine after it collided with a herd of wild elephants in Minneriya, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. Share Share Copy Link …

Fatal wild elephant attacks in Kerala raise fresh concerns over human-wildlife conflict management
1 month, 1 week ago

Fatal wild elephant attacks in Kerala raise fresh concerns over human-wildlife conflict management

The Hindu  

Two back-to-back fatal wild elephant attacks in Idukki and Wayanad districts in Kerala have re-ignited public concerns about the effectiveness of the Forest department’s measures to address the increasing occurrences of human-wildlife conflict in rural localities with large settler-farmer and plantation worker populations. The Kerala government is facing public ire after a wild elephant fatally trampled Kappad Unnathil Manu, a …

AI cameras prevent train collisions with elephants
2 months, 2 weeks ago

AI cameras prevent train collisions with elephants

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: There has been no elephant death on the railway tracks in Madukkarai forest range ever since AI-enabled camera surveillance system was commissioned in February 2024. According to forest department sources, 12 AI-enabled cameras were fixed in the area in November 2023 on pilot basis and officially inaugurated by the then forest minister M Mathiventhan in February 2024. Of the …

Forest Department monitoring movements of wild elephant on the loose in Udhagamandalam
3 months ago

Forest Department monitoring movements of wild elephant on the loose in Udhagamandalam

The Hindu  

Following instances of negative interactions between people and a wild elephant in Cherambadi, the Forest Department is monitoring the elephant’s movements in the region. The Nilgiris district administration said that more than 75 personnel from the Forest Department are involved in monitoring the elephant, headed by an official of the rank Assistant Conservator of Forest and Forest Ranger. Forest Department …

Karnataka plans to set up Elephant Soft Release Centre
3 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka plans to set up Elephant Soft Release Centre

Deccan Chronicle  

Belagavi: In a move to tackle the menace of wild elephants in Kodagu and Hassan districts, the state government is making efforts to establish an Elephant Soft Release Centre over 2,000 hectares near these regions. The Minister said that daily patrols are being conducted in affected areas, and local residents are being informed about elephant movements through public announcements via …

Watch: Wild elephant chases task force jeep in Hassan, team escapes by inches
3 months, 1 week ago

Watch: Wild elephant chases task force jeep in Hassan, team escapes by inches

India Today  

A tense situation gripped Muvvala village, Hassan district in Karnataka, when a wild elephant aggressively chased a forest department jeep, leading the Elephant Task Force personnel to narrowly escape by reversing the vehicle at high speed. The aggression is believed to have been triggered by a radio collaring operation conducted the previous day on an older female elephant in the …

Maharashtra Forest Officials Alert Border Crossing by Herd of Wild Elephants
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra Forest Officials Alert Border Crossing by Herd of Wild Elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

Maharashtra forest officials have alerted their counterparts in the Komaram Bheem Asifabad district regarding the movement of a herd of seven wild elephants near the state borders. The herd is heading toward Telangana and is currently in the Aheri area of the Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra, approximately 30 km from the Telangana border. Forest officials notified residents of bordering villages …

System being installed at Rs 19 cr to curb jumbo deaths on rly tracks: Southern Railway
5 months, 3 weeks ago

System being installed at Rs 19 cr to curb jumbo deaths on rly tracks: Southern Railway

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Southern Railway has informed the Madras HC that installation of optical fibre cable -based Intrusion Detection System is being installed for preventing elephant deaths due to the animals crossing railway tracks between Coimbatore and Palakkad, bordering TN and Kerala. The submission was made before a special bench of Justices N Sathish Kumar and D Bharatha Chakravarthy handling forest …

World Elephant Day: How railway tracks have become graveyards for jumbos in India
7 months, 1 week ago

World Elephant Day: How railway tracks have become graveyards for jumbos in India

Firstpost  

India has lost at least 200 elephants to train collisions in the past decade. File Photo/AFP Last December, a pregnant elephant and her female calf were hit by a train when they were crossing a track near Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani. Sensors near railway tracks alert railway administration and the forest department about elephant movement, which helps …

Karnataka to send eight trained elephants to Andhra to drive away wild tuskers
7 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka to send eight trained elephants to Andhra to drive away wild tuskers

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government on Thursday agreed to send eight Kumki elephants along with mahouts to Andhra Pradesh to help it drive away wild elephants that have been wreaking havoc in the forests of Chittoor and also north Andhra districts of Srikakulam and Vizianagaram. Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister and forest minister Pawan Kalyan being felicitated by Karnataka forest minister Eshwar …

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants
9 months ago

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants

The Hindu  

Officials from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway inspected railway lines passing through the Madukkarai forest range in Coimbatore district to chalk out plans to improve safety measures for wild elephants. Divisional Engineer Anshul Bharti and Additional Divisional Engineer Bibhash Paswan from Palakkad Division joined the Forest Department team along with loco pilots and …

Railways to install optical fibre-based system to detect elephant crossing
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Railways to install optical fibre-based system to detect elephant crossing

The Hindu  

The Railways will soon install an optical fibre-based intrusion detection system along the elephant infested 33-km stretch between Kottekkad and Madukkarai as part of its latest measure to prevent elephant deaths on the tracks. The optical fibre network will detect the presence of animals big and small through vibrations, and send real-time alerts to the intrusion monitoring cell, station masters …

Human-elephant conflict: Karnataka forest department trying out-of-box solutions
1 year, 1 month ago

Human-elephant conflict: Karnataka forest department trying out-of-box solutions

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: To control an increasing number of man-elephant conflicts, the Karnataka forest department is looking at out-of-the-box solutions. Explaining the method, BNP Director Prabhakar Priyadarshi said the sensors are being installed in the forest patches of Harohalli range. “We are also installing a solar smart sensor watch mechanism, where staffers will get alerts on their mobile phones once the solar …

Trial run of AI-based early warning system near Coimbatore proves promising as field staff save elephants
1 year, 2 months ago

Trial run of AI-based early warning system near Coimbatore proves promising as field staff save elephants

The Hindu  

The Artificial Intelligence -based early warning system installed by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks near Madukkarai in Coimbatore district, close to Kerala border, has started generating alerts during its trial run. Officials involved in the project said the field staff of the Department were acting promptly upon alerts about elephant movement along or …

How 'Gajraj AI' will protect elephants from train accidents? Everything you need to know
1 year, 3 months ago

How 'Gajraj AI' will protect elephants from train accidents? Everything you need to know

India TV News  

Indian Railways has introduced a cutting-edge technology named 'Gajraj' to prevent elephant accidents on railway tracks. The Gajraj AI Software Indian Railways has crafted the Gajraj AI software as an armor system to safeguard elephants from train-related accidents. The software uses artificial intelligence and is designed to be installed along 700 kilometers of railway tracks in states such as Assam, …

Railway staff avert possible collision of moving trains with 87 elephants in ghat section linking Tamil Nadu – Kerala
1 year, 5 months ago

Railway staff avert possible collision of moving trains with 87 elephants in ghat section linking Tamil Nadu – Kerala

The Hindu  

Timely response by the Railway staff, including loco pilots, had saved 87 wild elephants that were spotted along the tracks on the Ettimadai - Kanjikode section of railway lines, which connect Tamil Nadu and Kerala near Coimbatore, from April this year. According to the Palakkad Division of the Southern Railway, the staff came across a total of 128 elephants along …

Tamil Nadu’s first AI-based early warning system getting ready for pachyderm safety near Coimbatore
1 year, 5 months ago

Tamil Nadu’s first AI-based early warning system getting ready for pachyderm safety near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu’s first artificial intelligence -based early warning system to prevent wild elephants from getting hit by trains on railway lines along the Ettimadai–Walayar section, which links Tamil Nadu and Kerala, is nearing completion. Forest Department officials said the installation of all 12 e-surveillance towers for the project — five along the ‘A’ line and seven along the ‘B’ line, …

Nilgiris Elephant Menace Forest Officials Monitor Movement In TN Amid Fear Over Jumbo Menace
1 year, 5 months ago

Nilgiris Elephant Menace Forest Officials Monitor Movement In TN Amid Fear Over Jumbo Menace

ABP News  

Amid fear over the elephant menace in pockets of The Nilgiris, the Forest Department has started to monitor wild elephant moments in Gudalur and Pandalur areas of the district. According to ANI, Forest officials monitor wild elephants as their movements increase in the Gudalur and Pandalur areas of Nilgiris district. Residents of Cherangode, Cherambadi, Athichal and other areas face elephant …

East Coast Railway to install Intrusion Detection System to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks
1 year, 7 months ago

East Coast Railway to install Intrusion Detection System to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks

The Hindu  

In a bid to prevent elephants from being hit by speeding trains, East Coast Railway has decided to install an Intrusion Detection System to detect and deter wild elephants approaching railway tracks. As per direction by Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the ECoR has obtained a sanction of ₹79.12 crore for installing IDS units near elephant corridors. The pilot project …

Elephant monitoring system coming up in Madukkarai range in Coimbatore
1 year, 7 months ago

Elephant monitoring system coming up in Madukkarai range in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The artificial intelligence -based monitoring system to avoid elephants getting hit by moving trains on railway tracks passing through forests in Coimbatore district will be ready in a month. Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forest, Tamil Nadu, inspected the works on August 10, during which technicians involved in the works demonstrated her the early warning system. …

Elephants meet with a gory end on rail tracks in Kerala
2 years, 5 months ago

Elephants meet with a gory end on rail tracks in Kerala

The Hindu  

Last Friday, Vivek Express, the country’s longest running train from Kanyakumari to Dibrugarh in Assam, hit a herd of elephants at Kottamutti between the Walayar and Kanjikode stations on Railways’ B-line. It was the first elephant death on the tracks in the Walayar forest range within Kerala borders in the last three years. The Kerala Forest Department maintains that it …

TN Forest Dept’s AI-based warning system to cover 13 km of vulnerable railway lines
2 years, 6 months ago

TN Forest Dept’s AI-based warning system to cover 13 km of vulnerable railway lines

The Hindu  

The plan by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department to install artificial intelligence based warning system to prevent elephant fatalities on railway lines will cover a stretch of 13 km passing through Madukkarai forest range of Coimbatore Forest Division that has been identified as “vulnerable”. According to the Forest Department, A and B lines pass through the reserve forest for a …

AI system to detect presence of elephants on Athirappilly road
2 years, 9 months ago

AI system to detect presence of elephants on Athirappilly road

The Hindu  

The Forest department has come up with a warning system to alert the presence of wild elephants on the Athirappilly road as incidents of elephant attacks have become frequent. Once the elephant reaches near the road, warning messages will appear on the LED board in English and Malayalam with red light. The warning messages on the board will disappear when …

395 sightings of elephants along railway track between Palakkad - Madukkarai in over 10 years
3 years, 1 month ago

395 sightings of elephants along railway track between Palakkad - Madukkarai in over 10 years

The Hindu  

There has been a drastic increase in the frequency of elephants sighted along the railway track from Palakkad junction in Kerala to Madukkarai in Tamil Nadu in over the last 10 years, said the report by a committee of the Project Elephant division of the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change. As per the report ‘Measures to reduce mortality …

Jumbos kill elephant tracker in AOB, villagers express apprehensions
3 years, 2 months ago

Jumbos kill elephant tracker in AOB, villagers express apprehensions

Deccan Chronicle  

Vishakhapatanam: A forest department tracker was trampled to death by a herd of about six elephants that he was following on the Andhra-Odisha border in Vizianagaram district on Sunday night. If the government does not take action, people will not bear it.” When contacted, Vizianagaram collector Surya Kumari said, “We have already discussed the matter and are now sending proposals …

Three elephants die after being hit by train
3 years, 3 months ago

Three elephants die after being hit by train

The Hindu  

Three elephants died after being hit by a train near Madukkarai in Coimbatore district on Friday evening. According to officials from the Forest Department, the three female elephants – an adult, a sub-adult and a juvenile – were crossing the railway track near Navakkarai within the Madukkarai forest range around 9 p.m. on Friday. 12602 Chennai Mail, operated from Mangaluru …

186 elephants killed on railway tracks in over 10 years: MoEFCC
3 years, 10 months ago

186 elephants killed on railway tracks in over 10 years: MoEFCC

The Hindu  

A total of 186 elephants were killed after being hit by trains across India between 2009-10 and 2020-21, according to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. As per the data furnished by the Project Elephant Division of the Ministry, Assam accounted for the highest number of elephant casualties on railway tracks, followed by West Bengal, …

Tusker Chinnathambi enters rail station near Udumalpet
6 years, 1 month ago

Tusker Chinnathambi enters rail station near Udumalpet

Deccan Chronicle  

Coimbatore: Translocated wild elephant Chinnathambi entered the railway station near Udumalpet on Saturday and the helpless Forest department personnel are planning to capture the elephant for making it as a ‘captive kumki elephant’. The so-called problematic wild elephant was recently tranquilized and relocated from Thadagam valley of Coimbatore and was released inside the dense forest of Anamalai Tiger reserve. The …

Elephant killed in train accident
6 years, 3 months ago

Elephant killed in train accident

The Hindu  

A tusker was killed after it was hit by a train at Kakanamane near Bage in Sakleshpur taluk on Sunday night. Locals of Kakanamane near Bage in Sakleshpur taluk spotted the elephant, about 20 years old, lying near the railway track. “We suggested that Railway officials ensure trains minimise speed and horn frequently when crossing elephant area. Besides this, we …

India's economic boom is killing elephants: Coordination at all levels is key to keeping pachyderms safe
6 years, 3 months ago

India's economic boom is killing elephants: Coordination at all levels is key to keeping pachyderms safe

Firstpost  

The elephants, in general, are facing threat to their existence and one of the prime reasons for this is the continuous shrinking of their habitat and corridors. Upasana Ganguly of Wildlife Trust of India said, “To define an elephant corridor you first need to define an elephant and for that you need to learn the four words. Wildlife Trust of …

Elephant killed by train in Assam; passengers safe
6 years, 3 months ago

Elephant killed by train in Assam; passengers safe

Hindustan Times  

An elephant was killed on Wednesday morning when the Guwahati-Dibrugarh Intercity Express hit a herd crossing the railway track in Titabor of Assam’s Jorhat district, police said. An elephant was killed on Wednesday morning when the Guwahati-Dibrugarh Intercity Express hit a herd crossing the railway track in Titabor of Assam’s Jorhat district. In February this year, five elephants were killed …

Four elephants die after being hit by train in Odisha; activists say Indian Railways must take steps to control locomotive speeds
6 years, 11 months ago

Four elephants die after being hit by train in Odisha; activists say Indian Railways must take steps to control locomotive speeds

Firstpost  

Four elephants were killed after being run over by a train near a level crossing under Bagadihi Forest Range area in Jharsuguda district on Monday. Jharsuguda: Four elephants were killed after being run over by a train near a level crossing under Bagadihi Forest Range area in Jharsuguda district on Monday. According to norms, drivers must limit the speed of …

Kerala: Eight jumbos to get jungle exposure
7 years, 6 months ago

Kerala: Eight jumbos to get jungle exposure

Deccan Chronicle  

KOTTAYAM: The state forest department will give jungle exposure to eight elephants selected from four elephant camps in the state and deploy them in the conflict zones. They will be used as Kumki elephants in the forest areas near the four elephant camps of Kodanad, Kottoor, Konni and Wayanad so that they can gain experience in controlling wild elephants. The …

Between 2014-17, 40 elephants killed on rail tracks: Govt
7 years, 8 months ago

Between 2014-17, 40 elephants killed on rail tracks: Govt

Hindustan Times  

Forty elephants have been killed on railway tracks between 2014 and July 2017, the government informed Lok Sabha today. Imposition of speed restrictions in identified locations, provision of sign boards, sensitisation of rail staff, clearance of vegetation on sides of the tracks within railway land, construction of underpasses and ramps for the movement of elephants at identified locations and fencing …

Govt takes steps to reduce elephant fatalities from collisions with trains
8 years, 2 months ago

Govt takes steps to reduce elephant fatalities from collisions with trains

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Union environment ministry has asked all states to put forest staff on a high alert to avoid elephants and other wild animals being killed by speeding trains. Negi, who is also special secretary, ministry of environment, forest and climate change, cited news reports that at least 18 elephants had been killed in recent months across the country.mobAds …

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