Raipur, 30 September 2023
As per the rules of Forest Minister Shri Mohammad Akbar, many applications are being run by the division within the state together with creating public consciousness to manage human-elephant battle. In this sequence, a one-day forest degree workshop on Animal Tracking App was organized underneath Balod Forest Division on twenty ninth September.
In the workshop, details about the app was given by the crew of Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve to all the sphere workers of Balod Forest Division and Hathi Mitra Dal. Forest Divisional Officer Balod Shri Ayush Jain mentioned that by way of this app it’ll assist in tracing the situation of elephants roaming in Chhattisgarh. Due to which the info of the route the elephant is touring will likely be saved within the app. Its profitable implementation will go a great distance in stopping human-elephant battle.
In this regard, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Forest Force Chief Shri V. Srinivas Rao mentioned that this app has been collectively developed by Forest Management Information System (FMIS) and Wildlife Wing to alert the villagers in elephant affected areas of Chhattisgarh. Has gone. This app works on Artificial Intelligence AI primarily based on inputs acquired from elephant trackers (Haathi Mitra Dal).
The function of this app is to offer details about the presence of elephants to each particular person of the affected village by sending calls, SMS, WhatsApp alerts on cellphones, along with the ‘Munaadi’ made by the elephant trackers. In this fashion, particular emphasis is being laid by the division on creating public consciousness, publicity and schooling among the many villagers for companionship with wild elephants and likewise on exchanging measures to keep away from battle with them.
