India elephant app: Hopes new tech can reduce human and animal deaths

A mobile phone app for the Indian state of Assam has been released to reduce wild elephant incidents.

People who approach elephant animals may be alerted by the Haati software so they can avoid getting out of the way.

In Assam, there are among the highest elephant populations in India, and there are many elephant-human fatalities as a result of their relationships.

Elephants are becoming more intense in Assam, according to conservationists, because their environments are shrinking and also their standard natural corridors are being reliant.

As many as 1,701 people were killed by elephants in India from 2020 to 2024, according to official data cited by the Hindustan Times in March.

The game launched in Assam has been developed by Aaranyak, a wildlife entity in north-east India.

Additionally, it includes a variety that allows victims and their families to file a compensation claim with the local government in the event of an animal attack.

Aaranyak has even released a manual on elephant-deterring solar-powered railings.

According to wildlife charity WWF, there are fewer than 50,000 Asian elephants left in the wild. The group estimates that half-a-million families in India are affected by crop-raiding elephants each year.