Over 60 forest personnel and about 100 volunteers are expected to participate in the Synchronised Elephant Population Estimation exercise scheduled to be carried out on May 17, 18, and 19 in the Hosur Forest division. Forest personnel participating in the exercise will include anti-poaching watchers, forest watchers, Forest Guards, Foresters, Forest Range Officers; there will also be volunteers aged between 18 to 60 years.
The elephant population estimation is being carried out as a synchronized exercise in the forest areas of four States: Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka, and will cover 465 forest blocks in 25 forest divisions.
Under this, over 40 blocks in the Hosur forest division spread over 1,501 sq.km will be covered. This will include the Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary, spread over 504.33 sq.km and the Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary, spread over 686.406 sq.km.
