NTCA mulling Electronic Surveillance in Ratapani

Wildlife conservation in forests of Madhya Pradesh might witness a new phase of modernization as National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) plans to install round the clock electronic surveillance using high definition cameras in Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary. 
However, the cameras will be put under experimental basis but it is expected that it would pave ways for modernized vigilance in tiger states in years to come.
A similar effort was made in 2010 in the Bandhavgarh National Park (in Madhya Pradesh), where CCTV cameras were installed but at present none of them is functional. So how the project works on a long term basis is more important,

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To be noted here, worried over increasing tiger deaths each year and many due to poaching and poisoning, a pilot study in the Kalagarh range of the Corbett National Park was undertaken by the NTCA.
Now, in their move to expand the project, they have decided to place e-surveillance to Assam’s Kaziranga Natonal Park, Madhya Pradesh’s Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary and the Ramnagar division surrounding Corbett.
As per information, under the project, high resolution thermal and infrared cameras mounted on towers will capture image of objects weighing more than 20 kg in a range of 3-5 km and generate alerts if they cross the boundary.
Speaking over the issue, Narendra Kumar, PCCF, Wildlife, Government of Madhya Pradesh said, “The project is still under testing. NTCA are planning to expand the project in Madhya Pradesh and it would be in course of time that its results and affects can be studied.”
It is being seen that the use of technology is one way to ensure safety of tigers. They are in the process of improving technology and monitoring methodology in tiger habitats. They are planning to get more tiger habitats under electronic surveillance.
Electronic surveillance helps in two ways by keeping an eye on unauthorised people entering into the tiger habitat areas and tigers straying into human habitat.
The pilot project ‘electronic eye’ was started in Corbett last year to test the efficacy of these cameras. And after the satisfying results, the decision to use technology in other areas was taken. Tiger activists hail the process but say it has to be managed properly to deliver full benefits.