Railways to introduce sensor technology to check elephant deaths on tracks

New Delhi, Dec 13: In order to reduce the increasing incidents of elephant
deaths on railway tracks, Indian Railway has implemented an innovative
method. The ministry is now looking forward to introducing a sensor built
by a professor at IIT-Delhi to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks.

Subrat Kar, a professor at IIT-Delhi, was working on a device to curb
elephant deaths due to train accidents since 2008. In 2014, his research
gained momentum when the Indian Railways extended nancial support
and provided him with a grant of Rs 30 lakhs.

The researcher has created a new type of heat-and-motion sensors which
they say can keeps tabs on these animals' movements through their natural
habitats and alert authorities whenever an elephant herd decides to cross a
railway.

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