Eradication of Elephant Mortality and Injuries Due to Railway Accidents Using LOAD CELL and Wireless Technology

Abstract

One of the most recent reasons behind decreasing the population of elephants, is railway accident. This report explains the process to reduce elephant mortality and injuries due to railway accidents by the use of Load cell and Wireless technology. When thethreshold weight value of Load cell exceeds, it is detected by a buzzer system connected to the whole set up.After receiving the buzzer signal,position and movements of the elephant with respect to the load cell boundaries around railway track, is tracked by GPS technology and monitored by the nearest forest department and the railway authority. This system is flexible and easy to implement and can be beneficial for saving the wild lives, and to reduce the related complexities like railway accidents, destruction of vegetation and threat to human life in the occasion of straying of elephants out of their habitation zone.