EnvironmentPending
Effectively implement Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam
Bharatiya Janata PartymediumOct 20260
Partially Donemedium confidenceEnvironment
Use AI and drones to reduce human-wildlife conflict
Bharatiya Janata Party · Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024
Last updated 25 Oct 2026
What does this status mean?
Meaningful delivery has occurred, but the stated commitment is incomplete.
Status describes delivery. Confidence describes how strong the available evidence is.
Original manifesto wording
“Use artificial intelligence, drones and radio collars to reduce human-wildlife conflict and prevent loss of life and property in agricultural and human-settlement areas.”
From the Bharatiya Janata Party manifestoView Manifestop.15
Our Assessment
September 2026 reporting records 120 AI leopard-alert systems in Junnar division, including 50 installed since April. Drone surveillance and training are also documented. Deployment shows progress, but statewide coverage and a sustained reduction in deaths, injuries and crop losses attributable to these technologies remain unverified.
The reasoning behind the verdict
Why this assessment?
Reviewed
01 · Delivery status
Why partially done?
Post-election AI installations and drone deployment/training establish implementation in conflict-prone areas. The pledge's broader prevention and conflict-reduction outcome is not established statewide.
02 · Strength of evidence
Why medium confidence?
September reporting quotes Junnar forest officials on installed systems; November 2025 ministerial reporting and January 2026 forest-department training coverage corroborate drone use. Tadoba's official dashboard identifies older 2023–24 installations, which are treated as the pre-election baseline.
What would help us reassess?
The documents that could clarify delivery of this commitment.
- District-wise operational AI/drone/radio-collar records, uptime and alert-response data, plus comparable conflict-loss outcomes accounting for coverage and other interventions.
Status describes delivery. Confidence describes the evidence.
Read our methodology ↗Sources & Evidence
news
30 January 2026 — Junnar emergency-response training includes thermal-drone demonstrations
indianexpress.com·30 Jan 2026
other
MumbaiVotes — BJP Assembly 2024 English compilation, PDF page 17 (third-party host)
mumbaivotes.com
government
Tadoba official AI-camera dashboard — 2023–24 installations are pre-election baseline
mytadoba.mahaforest.gov.in
news
Junnar forest division — 120 AI alert systems, including 50 added since April 2026; official quoted in 9 September report
timesofindia.indiatimes.com·9 Sept 2026
manifesto
BJP Sankalp Patra 2024 — Environment, Forest and Natural Resources, item 1, original page 54
bjp.org·10 Nov 2024
manifesto
BJP Maharashtra 2024 official manifesto — page 15 (verified from supplied screenshot)
bjp.org·10 Nov 2024
news
Deccan Herald — BJP's 25 headline Assembly commitments (some figures contain typographical errors; checked against compilation)
deccanherald.com·10 Nov 2024
news
17 November 2025 — forest minister reports installed AI alerts and provision of surveillance drones
ndtv.com·17 Nov 2025
Promise Timeline
9 Sept 2026
Junnar division reported 120 installed AI leopard-detection systems, including 50 added since April 2026; coverage limitations remain.
View source10 Nov 2024
BJP released its Maharashtra Assembly 2024 manifesto. This party-origin commitment is catalogued separately from the joint Mahayuti guarantees.
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