India, which hosts one of the biggest populations of Asian elephants globally, has seen a tragic loss of 1,381 elephants from 2009 to 2023 due to unnatural reasons such as electrocution and poisoning.

A new Union Environment Ministry report states that there are at least 150 elephant corridors spanning 15 range-states across four elephant-bearing regions in India, with West Bengal topping the list with 26 such land strips.