Why is it in the news?

• To mitigate elephant fatalities in rail accidents, a sensor system named “Gajraj,” powered by Artificial Intelligence, will be implemented to enhance proactive measures and safeguard elephants from railway accidents.

More about the news

• Covers a 700 km railway track across West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Assam, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu.
• Utilizes Artificial Intelligence to sense pressure waves generated by elephant movements along tracks.
• Relies on Optical Fibre cables for detection.
• Can detect an elephant’s presence up to 200 meters ahead of its arrival on the rail track.