The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India recently held a special seminar to discuss the use of artificial intelligence technology to protect elephants and railway workers. The most notable initiative is the AI early warning system deployed in Tamil Nadu, which uses a network of cameras equipped with thermal imaging and motion detection technology to identify elephant tracks within 100 meters and automatically alert relevant authorities, ensuring trains slow down in time.
In addition, invasive detection systems based on distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) have been installed along several elephant migration corridors in India. In addition to technological measures, the Indian government has also emphasized the necessity of constructing physical barriers such as bridges and underpasses to comprehensively reduce elephant casualties along railway lines.