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Tripura to radio collar elephants to minimize man-animal conflict
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- Tripura decided to tag elephants with radio collar to reduce man-animal conflict
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- Increased human interference in forests and illegal encroachments resulted into elephants in habitations and destruction of crops
- Tripura has 102 elephants including 42 wild elephants and 60 under captivity.
- West Bengal, Assam, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, earlier took similar initiatives
- Proposal to the National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI) authorities to make elevated roads in certain patches prone to elephant movement and leave underpasses beneath to allow the jumbos continue their ‘walk