Road kill animals Ujjain Feb 08 White lights in vehicles claim animals on Barnagar- Ujjain road

  • | Sunday | 10th February, 2019

Wild animals usually come out during night hours for water. Once the spots are identified, either they will be fenced or speed breakers will be constructed to avoid accidents.” There are several spots, where animals have to cross roads for water. “Common people can also add information about any such incidents. But, due to lack of awareness among residents, no such data about Ujjain district has been maintained on the app,” Chaturvedi said.Ujjain divisional forest officer PN Mishra said, “Rangers will conduct a survey in forested area and identify the black spots.

Ujjain: The number of roadkill on stretch between Barnagar and Ujjain - a major portion of which falls in forested area – has increased prompting forest officials to chalk out a plan to save the wild animals.There are five spots- Palkhanda on Dewas road, Badnagar Road near Dharavra village, Kachnaria village road and both ends of bridge constructed over Chambal river- on the stretch which have proved fatal for the wild animals.Wildlife experts said the incidents have increased due to use of white head lights in cars. The lights are sharp and make animals colour blind for few minutes due to which they come in way of speedy vehicles and get hit.The animals, which are mostly killed in road accidents include, hyena, jackal, wild cat, rabbit, and mongoose.Veterinarian and wildlife expert Dr Surendra Singh Parihar said that use of white light was already banned by RTO since it affected human eyes as well.“Only 0.2% of the area in Ujjain comes under forest land. Wild animals usually come out during night hours for water. There are several spots, where animals have to cross roads for water. When a vehicle passes by the spot, an animal gets stuck there due to sudden light and get hit,” Dr Parihar explained.The number of accidents in which nilgai were injured and killed after being hit by two-wheelers has also increased.Wildlife expert Vaibhav Chaturvedi said that few years ago forest department had launched a mobile application on which data of roadkill was being updated. “Common people can also add information about any such incidents. But, due to lack of awareness among residents, no such data about Ujjain district has been maintained on the app,” Chaturvedi said.Ujjain divisional forest officer PN Mishra said, “Rangers will conduct a survey in forested area and identify the black spots. Once the spots are identified, either they will be fenced or speed breakers will be constructed to avoid accidents.”

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