A tiger was spotted crossing a National Highway in Assam in early February 2023. It's a scary situation both for the animal as well as for highway users.
With the rapid pace of road infrastructure development happening across India since 2014, I am sure that a solution to this situation will surely be found in the near future.
In Pench (MH), a busy NH44 already has a long elevated road for vehicles thereby allowing animals to cross the stretch of NH without any obstacles. The project was taken up and completed within 3 years in end 2021. I am told that Samruddhi Expressway has atleast 3 (or more) animal overpasses between Nagpur and Shirdi.
More of similar animal overpasses are in the construction stage throughout India.
Video courtesy: Susanta Nanda, IFS on Twitter dated 2023-02-07.
