Context:
A Supreme Court-appointed committee has declared 12 private resorts along the Segur elephant corridor illegal.
About Segur Elephant Corridor:
- Location – Tamil Nadu
- 1st corridor to be notified in the country.
- It links the habitats of Asian Elephants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) to Eastern Ghats.
- NBR is home to more than 6000 elephants.
- Other Elephant Corridors in Nilgiris –
- Mudumalai-Nilambur via O’ Valley
- Mudumalai-Mukurthi corridor
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Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
With reference to Indian elephants, consider the following statements:
1. The leader of an elephant group is a female.
2. The maximum gestation period can be 22 months.
3. An elephant can normally go on calving till the age of 40 years only.
4. Among the States in India, the highest elephant population is in Kerala.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2020 Prelims]
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 3 and 4 only
Answer: (a)
