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 ....