Railways planning steps to check elephant casualties (India)
Railways planning steps to check elephant casualties (India)
Press Trust of India
July 28, 2009
Chennai, July 28 (PTI) With increasing incidents of wild elephants being overrun by trains passing through the reserve forest area in the Coimabtore-Palakkad section, Southern Railways plans to prune its train services in the region.
A high-level meeting chaired by Southern Railways General Manager V Carmelus with railway officials and officers of the Forest departments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala yesterday discussed various steps to reduce the casualties of elephants in train mishaps, official sources today said.
The meeting was held in the backdrop of death of eight wild elephants in the last six months in the area, prompting the Tamil Nadu forest department to issue a notice to the Southern Railway seeking an explanation.
A detailed analysis of the accidents revealed that all the incidents happened during nights with the elephants coming under the wheels of trains.
A high-level meeting chaired by Southern Railways General Manager V Carmelus with railway officials and officers of the Forest departments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala yesterday discussed various steps to reduce the casualties of elephants in train mishaps, official sources today said.
The meeting was held in the backdrop of death of eight wild elephants in the last six months in the area, prompting the Tamil Nadu forest department to issue a notice to the Southern Railway seeking an explanation.
A detailed analysis of the accidents revealed that all the incidents happened during nights with the elephants coming under the wheels of trains.
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