PM Meets Orphaned Elephant Who Featured In Oscar-Winning Documentary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning reached the Bandipore Tiger Reserve in Karnataka for a 20-km safari as part of programmes to mark 50 years of "Project Tiger''. He was shown habitat improvements, water holes, and elephant camps. He also interacted with frontline field staff and self-help groups involved in conservation activities later. PM Modi visited the Theppakadu Elephant Camp of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu, where the Oscar-winning documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers' was shot. PM Modi met Raghu, the orphaned elephant featured in the documentary, and also Bomman and Bellie, who raised the little jumbo. The couple is the key star of the documentary.