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The three-day synchronized elephant census in Tamil Nadu covered around 3,50,000 hectare of forest area across 26 forest divisions. The census involved 1,836 forest staff and 342 volunteers using various methods to assess the elephant population.
Tamil Nadu has been grappling with the issue of elephant deaths on and near its railway tracks. The southern state has recorded at least 36 fatalities from train collisions over the past decade. To address this issue, its forest department has now sought help from the phenomenon that promises to change the world as we know it: artificial intelligence (AI).