Tamil Nadu notifies three new elephant corridors
The Tamil Nadu government has officially notified three new elephant corridors within the Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary. These corridors are intended to facilitate safe migration and reduce human-wildlife conflict.
Why it matters
Protecting wildlife corridors is essential for the long-term survival of Asian elephants and maintaining ecological balance in the region.
Committed to the conservation of Asian elephants, their long-term survival, and the mitigation of human-wildlife conflict, the Tamil Nadu government has notified three elephant corridors in the Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary.
Pursuant to the interim orders of the Madras High Court, the government had constituted two committees to identify elephant corridors in two landscapes, with the Palghat Gap as the boundary.
The committees had identified 41 corridors, including three in the Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary, that is: Jawalagiri-Ulbanda-Thaggatti corridor (18.50 km), Jawalagiri-Panai-Anchetty corridor (20.90 km), and Bilikkal-Jawalagiri corridor (2.20 km) in the Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary in Hosur Forest Division, for recognition as elephant corridors. They had also submitted reports.
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