By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to forestall elephant deaths resulting from practice mishaps, the State authorities is planning to make use of acoustic sensors on railway tracks. PCCF (Wildlife) Shashi Paul, who convened a gathering with Forest division officers and Gujarat-based Ear to the Wild Foundation that works in wildlife conservation by means of know-how not too long ago, stated the system will likely be launched on pilot foundation in Rairakhol- Sambalpur stretch or the elephant hall in Dhenkanal district.
The Foundation had earlier made a presentation on the know-how and its fashions. “The prototype presented by the Foundation is different from other models. However, we have asked the organisation to submit a detailed proposal in this regard,” he stated.
While different fashions monitor elephants first and ship indicators to the motive force, the sensors on this mannequin will hint practice when it approaches 3-4 km nearer to the elephant hall and ship sign to the siren posts to alert the loco-pilot of the practice for slowing down the velocity. The sensors will assist in detecting the motion of elephant herd on railway tracks. The system may even be useful in driving away the jumbos and decreasing the velocity of trains passing by means of elephant corridors, he added.
The rushing trains in elephant corridors have proved deadly for the light giants within the State as near 30 jumbos have misplaced their lives resulting from practice accidents in final one decade. Two elephants had been killed in February this yr after being hit by a rushing items practice close to Mahipani in Sundargarh district.
In December final yr, trains had additionally killed two elephants on the 33-km Jujumara-Haribari railway monitor underneath Sambalpur Sadar forest vary. Wildlife officers stated although management rooms have been arrange in Khurda, Dhenkanal and different divisions to examine such mishaps, they’re on the lookout for use of know-how to cope with it extra effectively.
