Project Elephant was launched in February, 1992 to assist States having free ranging populations of wild elephants to ensure long term survival of identified viable populations of elephants in their natural habitats. The Project is being implemented in States, viz Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Tamilnadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. States are being given financial as well as technical assistance in achieving the objectives of the Project, Help is also provided to other States with small populations of elephants for the purpose of census, training of field staff and mitigation of human elephant conflict.
- Assistance was provided to Haryana for creation of first elephant rehabilitation centre in the country.
- All India estimation of elephant was carried out in May 2007 all over India except the North East states where it will be done in winter due to climatic conditions. The preliminary reports indicate increase in population compared to 2002 census.
- Permission was given for creation of three more Elephant reserves – two in Chhattisgarh namely – Lemru & Badalkhod and; Deomali in Arunachal Pradesh.
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