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‘Gaj Yatra’ honours Meghalaya’s elephant corridor effort
News
- Recently the Gaj Yatra began from Tura town in Meghalaya
Important Facts:
- Gaj Yatrais a nationwide campaign launched by the Wildlife Trust of India in collaboration with Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- The campaign aims to protect the elephant and its habitat.
- The event involves taking an elephant mascot across districts frequented by elephant herds for generating awareness among the people.
- In India, there are 100 elephant corridors. Meghalaya has 4 elephant corridors
- In Garo Hills, expansion of human settlements have resulted in fragmented elephant habitats and consequent man-animal conflict
- In 2014, villagers in Garo Hills had set aside a part of their community-owned land to create village reserve forests. This had provided passage for elephant movement.
