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How Railways saved 255 elephants from train collisions
ஏன் செய்தியில்?
255 elephants spared from trains: the corridor conflict case GS3 Environment answers must cite
Technology-led alerts reduce elephant deaths on railway tracks.
Why it matters: general awareness
What you need to know
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Indian Railways says AI-based alerts and sound-based deterrents helped avert train collisions with 255 elephants in the north-east.
Elephant corridors crossing railway lines are a major source of human-wildlife conflict.
ஆதாரங்கள்: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
முக்கிய உண்மைகள்
Remember these
- Indian Railways says AI-based alerts and sound-based deterrents averted collisions with 255 elephants in the north-east
- Elephant corridors crossing railway lines are a major source of human-wildlife conflict
- The Asian elephant is the National Heritage Animal of India and is listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
- Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to protect elephants and their habitats and corridors
- Assam and the wider north-east hold major elephant populations and many railway-crossing corridors
ப்ரிலிம்ஸ் · மெயின்ஸ்
How the exam will ask it
ப்ரிலிம்ஸ்
- Elephant corridors are narrow strips of land linking two larger elephant habitats and allowing safe movement between them.
- The Asian elephant is listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
- Project Elephant, launched in 1992, is a centrally sponsored scheme for the conservation of elephants and their habitats.
- Technology-led measures such as AI-based alerts and sound-based deterrents are used to reduce elephant deaths on railway tracks.
மெயின்ஸ்
GS3 Environment (conservation) and linear infrastructure. Railway lines cutting through elephant corridors cause collisions and human-wildlife conflict; the response combines Project Elephant, wildlife-protection law and technology such as AI alerts and acoustic deterrents. The way forward is to secure corridors, use speed restrictions and underpasses or overpasses in sensitive stretches, and plan linear infrastructure with wildlife clearance.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
With reference to India's relationship with CERN, consider the following statements:
- India is an Associate Member State of CERN.
- India is a full Member State of CERN with voting rights in its Council.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
விடையைக் காட்டு
விடை: A — Correct: 1 only — India has been an Associate Member State since 2017, and statement 2 is wrong because Associate Members do not vote in the Council. • 2 only — wrong: Statement 2 is wrong: full membership with voting rights is held by CERN's Member States, and India is an Associate Member. • Both 1 and 2 — wrong: Both cannot be correct; India is an Associate Member, so statement 2 on full membership is false. • Neither 1 nor 2 — wrong: Statement 1 is correct, so 'neither' cannot hold; India is an Associate Member State.
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