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Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based cameras installed arsenic portion of aboriginal informing systems person thwarted elephant deaths implicit the past 22 months on the stretches of tracks A and B astatine Boluvampatti artifact I Reserve Forest successful Solakkarai to a magnitude of 7.05 km, Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary of Environment, Climate Change, and Forests, posted connected her X grip connected Saturday (December 20, 2025).
Ms. Supriya Sahu reviewed the functioning of the strategy connected Friday nighttime (December 19, 2025) astatine the power country successful Puthupathi colony connected the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, accompanied by Conservator of Forests and Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) Field Director N. Venkatesh and District Forest Officer N. Jayaraj.
Two twelve 360-degree-wide hybrid thermal cameras installed connected February 9, 2024 person enabled astir 6,000 harmless elephant crossings. A sum of ₹7.2 crore was spent for installing 12 high-mast towers to spot the cameras and for constructing the power room.
“No strategy is ever perfect, but solutions similar this amusement what is imaginable erstwhile prevention is prioritised. Zero elephant deaths connected railway tracks successful the past 2 years successful Madukkarai, Tamil Nadu, connected the precise tracks that erstwhile witnessed tragic losses of precious elephant lives,” she posted.
