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“We felt that the only way we could tackle the problem was by engaging concerned citizens; and that’s how this
citizen science project came into being,” says Dr. Anish Andheria, President of Wildlife Conservation Trust.is no offi cial record of tiger roadkills
and railkills beyond the last fi ve years;
and the actual number is probably
higher than the offi cial fi gure of 16.
What is worse, species less charismatic
than tigers and elephants die a silent
death on asphalt. Countless endangered
species of amphibians, reptiles, birdssuggests Dr. Andheria. “Post budgeting,
it’s next to impossible to add mitigation
expenses to the project cost. Fine-
grained information on these sensitive
areas is needed to stipulate eff ective,
location-specifi c mitigation measures
along linear projects. This would also
bring down the overall mitigation cost.”
LOSING THEM FAST
While one often hears of ambitious
plans about increasing tiger numbers,
India’s apathy towards the plight of this
umbrella species for conservation is
underlined by the lack of data on tigers
killed on roads and railway lines. ThereANISH ANDHERIA