Delhi-Dehradun Expressway Wildlife Corridor: 18 Species Cross

When a six-lane highway slices through one of northern India's last great elephant landscapes, the usual outcome is grim: smashed barricades, crushed deer, animals stranded on the

But the same study carries a warning that should temper the celebration.

The Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor is a roughly 210-kilometre, access-controlled expressway that has cut the drive between the two cities from around six hours to about two and a

That ambition exists because of where the road runs.

The evidence comes from a joint exercise by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).