AI cameras prevent train collisions with elephants

COIMBATORE: There has been no elephant death on the railway tracks in Madukkarai forest range ever since AI-enabled camera surveillance system was commissioned in February 2024.

According to forest department sources, 12 AI-enabled cameras were fixed in the area in November 2023 on pilot basis and officially inaugurated by the then forest minister M Mathiventhan in February 2024. This has helped to monitor movement of wild animals, especially elephants, near the railway tracks.