Ready proposal to demarcate Dulung-Subansiri elephant corridor, Union environment ministry tells Arunachal, Assam
- March 29, 2024
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Ready proposal to demarcate Dulung-Subansiri elephant corridor, Union environment ministry tells Arunachal, Assam
Subject: Environment
Section: Protected Area
Context:
- The wildlife division of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) recently directed the forest departments of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam to prepare a proposal to notify the Dulung-Subansiri elephant corridor.
More on news:
- The corridor will facilitate the east-west movement of elephants across the Subansiri River.
About Elephant Corridors:
- Elephant corridors are linear, narrow, natural habitat linkages that allow elephants to move between secure habitats without being disturbed by humans.
- They help animal movement and enable genetic exchange which in turn helps in sustaining the elephant population.
- The number of elephant corridors have increased to 150 against 88 registered by the Government of India in 2010.
- West Bengal has the most elephant corridors i.e. 26, amounting to 17 per cent of the total corridors.
- The East central region contributed to 35 per cent (that is 52 corridors) while the North East region was second largest with 32 percent (48 corridors in total).
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species:
- African Forest Elephant Critically Endangered.
- African Savanna Elephant- Endangered.
- Asian Elephant- Endangered.
- Elephants come under Schedule I of The Wildlife Protection Act,1972.
About Lower Subansiri hydro-project:
- The 2000 MW Lower Subansiri hydro-project, executed by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), is located in the Kamle and Dhemaji districts of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, respectively.
- It is being constructed on the Subansiri River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River.
About Subansiri River:
- It is a trans-Himalayan River and a tributary of the Brahmaputra River that flows through Tibet’s Lhuntse County in the Shannan Prefecture, and the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
- It is the largest tributary of the Brahmaputra contributing 7.92% of the Brahmaputra’s total flow.
- Small tributaries of the Subansiri include Rangandi, Dikrong and Kamle.
Areas in news:
Dulung: Assam
Subansiri: Arunachal Pradesh