Impact So Far

• • Improved night-time safety for 6,500+ residents across 66 elephant-affected villages in Palamu and Latehar districts.
• • Reduced human-wildlife conflict, with significant drop in accidental encounters with elephants and wild animals during dark hours.
• • Enhanced community preparedness for forest patrols, farming and emergency response after sunset.
• • Improved access to education and social services through lighting of village centers and common areas.
• • Boosted community morale and sense of security, especially for women, elderly and children.
• • Promoted awareness about non-lethal coexistence strategies with wildlife in forest fringe areas.
• • Served as a replicable model for other tiger and elephant conflict-prone zones in India.