Lok Sabha Question No. 2057 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Review of Elephant Corridors
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Prataprao  Jadhav, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Sudheer Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2057

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2023

## Review of Elephant Corridors

## 2057.   SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FORESTAND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to update and review/redraw elephant corridors across the country;
- (b) if so, the manner in which this will help in better protection of elephants and improve genetic diversity in the area;
- (c) whether the Government has held any discussion with the State Governments in this regard and if so, the response of the State Governments in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government in cooperation with the various State Governments has verified the old corridor and also identified any new corridors of elephants by tracking their movement and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether total number of deaths of human beings and elephants have shown a decline in 202122 as compared to previous years and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the number of human beings and elephants died in the country due to human-animal conflict, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)to(d)  The Ministry, in coordination with the State Forest Departments, has initiated the process for  ground  truthing  of  Elephant  corridors  in  India,  so  as  to  create  a  better  connectivity between the different landscape and elephants herds for maintaining genetic diversity.
- (e)&(f) The  State-wise  details  of  human  casualties  due  to  wild  elephant  attack  and  elephant casualties due to unnatural causes like train accident, electrocution, poaching and poisoning during  the  last  three  years,  as  per  the  information  received  from  States,  are  enclosed  as Annexure -I and Annexure -II respectively.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  &  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2057 RAISED BY SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE: SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: REGARDING 'REVIEW OF ELEPHANT CORRIDORS' DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2023.

Human casualties due to elephant attack during the last three years

| S.No.   | State     | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22         |
|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
| 1       | 4         | 6         | NR        | Andhra Pradesh  |
| 2       | Pradesh 0 | 0         |           | Arunachal 2     |
| 3       | 75        | 91        |           | Assam 63        |
| 4       | 77        | 42        |           | Chhattisgarh 64 |
| 5       | 84        | 74        |           | Jharkhand 133   |
| 6       | 29        | 23        | 17        | Karnataka       |
| 7       | 12        | 20        |           | Kerala 25       |
| 8       | 1         | NR        |           | Maharashtra 0   |
| 9       | 4         | 6         | 3         | Meghalaya       |
| 10      | 0         | 0         |           | Nagaland 0      |
| 11      | 117       | 93        |           | Odisha 112      |
| 12      | 58        | 57        |           | Tamil Nadu 37   |
| 13      | 2         | 1         |           | Tripura 2       |
| 14      | Pradesh 6 | 1         |           | Uttar 0         |
| 15      | NR        | NR        |           | Uttarakhand NR  |
| 16      | 116       | 47        |           | West Bengal 77  |
| Total   | Total     | 585       | 461       | 535             |

*NR- Information not received from States.

ANNEXURE-II DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE: SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV: 13.03.2023.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  &  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2057 RAISED BY SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: REGARDING 'REVIEW OF ELEPHANT CORRIDORS' DUE FOR REPLY ON Elephant Casualties due to Train Accidents during the last three years

| S.No.   | State   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22       |
|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
| 1       | 2       | 5         | 8         | Assam         |
| 2       | 5       | 0         | 0         | West Bengal   |
| 3       | 0       | 1         | 3         | Tamil Nadu    |
| 4       | 1       | 1         | 0         | Jharkhand     |
| 5       | 3       | 0         | 0         | Kerala        |
| 6       | 1       | 4         | 3         | Odisha        |
| 7       | 0       | 0         | 0         | Tripura       |
| 8       | 2       | NR        | NR        | Uttarakhand   |
| 9       | 0       | 0         | 0         | Uttar Pradesh |
| 10      | 0       | 1         | 1         | Karnataka     |
| Total   | Total   | 14        | 12        | 15            |

*NR- Information not received from State.

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  &  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2057 RAISED BY SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE: SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: REGARDING 'REVIEW OF ELEPHANT CORRIDORS' DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2023.

Elephant Casualties due to Electrocution during the last three years

| S.No.   | State   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22           |
|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
| 1       | 5       | 1         | NR        | Andhra Pradesh    |
| 2       | 0       | 0         | NR        | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 3       | 11      | 13        | 12        | Assam             |
| 4       | 2       | 7         | 4         | Chhattisgarh      |
| 5       | 5       | 5         | 4         | Jharkhand         |
| 6       | 8       | 9         | 7         | Karnataka         |
| 7       | 4       | 2         | 6         | Kerala            |
| 8       | 0       | NR        | 0         | Maharashtra       |
| 9       | 5       | 0         | 1         | Meghalaya         |
| 10      | 2       | 1         | 1         | Nagaland          |
| 11      | 9       | 8         | 13        | Odisha            |
| 12      | 15      | 9         | 5         | Tamil Nadu        |
| 13      | 0       | 0         | 0         | Tripura           |
| 14      | 3       | 0         | 2         | Uttar Pradesh     |
| 15      | 2       | NR        |           | Uttarakhand NR    |
| 16      | 5       | 10        |           | West Bengal 2     |
| Total   | Total   | 76        | 65        | 57                |

*NR- Information not received from State.

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  &  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2057 RAISED BY SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE: SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: REGARDING 'REVIEW OF ELEPHANT CORRIDORS' DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2023.

Elephant Casualties due to Poaching during the last three years

| S.No   | State               | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22        |
|--------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
| 1      | 0                   | 0         | NR        | Andhra Pradesh |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh 0 | 0         |           | NR             |
| 3      | Assam 0             | 0         | 0         |                |
| 4      | Chhattisgarh 0      | 0         |           | 0              |
| 5      | Jharkhand 1         | 0         | 0         |                |
| 6      | 0                   | 0         | 0         | Karnataka      |
| 7      | 1                   | 1         | 0         | Kerala         |
| 8      | 0                   | NR        | 0         | Maharashtra    |
| 9      | 4                   | 7         | 0         | Meghalaya      |
| 10     | Nagaland 0          | 2         | 0         |                |
| 11     | Odisha 3            | 2         |           | 1              |
| 12     | Tamil Nadu 0        | 2         |           | 3              |
| 13     | Tripura 0           | 0         |           | 0              |
| 14     | Uttar Pradesh 0     | 0         |           | 0              |
| 15     | Uttarakhand 0       | NR        | NR        |                |
| 16     | West Bengal 0       | 0         |           | 0              |
| Total  | Total               | 9         | 14        | 4              |

*NR- Information not received from State.

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  &  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2057 RAISED BY SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE: SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: REGARDING 'REVIEW OF ELEPHANT CORRIDORS' DUE FOR REPLY ON 13.03.2023.

Elephant Casualties due to Poisoning during the last three years

| S.No.            | State   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22           |
|------------------|---------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
| 1                | 0       | 0         | NR        | Andhra Pradesh    |
| 2                | 0       | 0         | NR        | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 3 Assam          | 0       | 1         | 6         |                   |
| 4 Chhattisgarh   | 0       | 1         | 0         |                   |
| Jharkhand        | 0       | 0         | 0         | 5                 |
| Karnataka        | 0       | 0         | 0         | 6                 |
| 7                | 0       | 0         | 0         | Kerala            |
| Maharashtra      | 0       | NR        | 0         | 8                 |
| 9 Meghalaya      | 0       | 0         | 0         |                   |
| Nagaland         | 0       | 0         | 0         | 10                |
| 11 Odisha        | 0       | 0         | 0         |                   |
| Tamil Nadu       | 0       | 0         | 0         | 12                |
| 13 Tripura       | 0       | 0         | 0         |                   |
| 14 Uttar Pradesh | 0       | 0         |           | 0                 |
| 15 Uttarakhand   | 0       | NR        |           | NR                |
| 16 West Bengal   | 0       | 0         | 0         |                   |
| Total            | Total   | 0         | 2         | 6                 |

*NR- Information not received from State.