The country’s first artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning-enabled surveillance system launched last year.
It is designed to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks.
Since its inauguration in the month of February 2024, the AI surveillance system has effectively safeguarded the very traditional migratory path in the Walayar-Madukkarai forest range.
Notably, no wild elephants have been killed on the two railway tracks, marking a significant success for elephant safety.
Now a year after commissioning, it resulted as zero elephant accidents, 5,011 AI-generated alerts, and 2,500 safe elephant crossings.