India’s First Dedicated Wildlife Corridor on a National Highway

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has constructed the country’s first dedicated wildlife corridor on a national highway.

  • This 12-kilometre stretch is part of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and passes through the buffer zone of the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.
  • It is the first expressway in India designed to support both vehicular traffic and undisturbed wildlife movement.
  • The corridor includes five dedicated wildlife overpasses (each 500 meters long) and a 1.2-kilometre underpass, making it the longest such corridor in India.
  • The stretch lies between Ranthambore and the Chambal Valley, a region rich in biodiversity including tigers, bears, and ....
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