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♤ The primary threat is the Habitat loss leading to fragmentation and destruction caused by developmental activities like construction of buildings,roeds, railways, holiday resorts and the fixing solar energized electric fencing, etc.
♤ Coal mining and iron ore mining is the two “single biggest threats” to elephant corridors in central India.
♤ Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, are mineral-rich states, but also have the highest number of elephant corridors in the country, which makes them known for elephant-man conflicts.
♤ There is also a serious poaching problem, as elephant ivory from the tusks is extremely valuable.
♤ Elephants need extensive grazing grounds and most reserves cannot accommodate them. If protected areas are not large enough, elephants may search for food elsewhere. This often results in conflicts with humans, due to elephants raiding or destroying crops. ing on the need, habitat restoration work shall also be done.
Securing the corridors involves sensitizing local communities to the option of voluntarily relocation outside the
conflict zones to safer areas. It would also have great conservation value, preventing further fragmentation of the continuous forest habitat by encroachment from urban areas, as well as providing continued refuge for tiger, elephant, sambar, marsh crocodile, gharial and many species of bird.