E-surveillance system implemented in NTR must be extended to all wildlife, human habitats: HC

THE authorities of the State and Centre should extend the advanced technical inventions, including an e-surveillance system which is stated to be a pilot project undertaken in the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve by using artificial intelligence software and a CCTV camera which provides alerts about wildlife and human movements, to all the wildlife and human habitat areas, wherever necessary, the Karnataka High Court has said.

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The court said this while disposing of a suo motu PIL taken up based on media reports about the unnatural death of elephants after the electrocution of Dasara elephant Ashwathama on June 11, 2024.

The court said that radio collaring the animals is one of the methods to keep track of their movements and the liability of the officers and employees of the forest department for their negligence and dereliction of duty should be fixed, wherever it is found that there is an element of human negligence which caused the death of elephants.