Grand ‘trunk’ road: overpass for elephants at Rajaji park

Rajeev Khanna
August 13, 2008

Dehradun, August 12: In A unique move, the authorities at Rajaji National Park have undertaken a project to build an overpass above a stretch of railway tracks and a motorable road for the movement of elephants. Once completed, this 1.5-km stretch between Motichur railway crossing to Raiwala in Haridwar district will be the first overpass of its kind in the world. It is being constructed at the directions of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court, in order to protect the corridor through which elephants have been moving traditionally from one part of the park to the other.
Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Shrikant Chandola told The Indian Express, “This overpass is to be constructed at a cost of Rs 100 crore, but neither the state nor the central government will pay for it. The CEC has agreed to re-direct funds for the purpose.”

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