JALPAIGURI: A sub-adult feminine elephant used to be mowed down by means of an Alipurduar-bound teach at Banerhat in Jalpaiguri around 11.30pm on Friday.
The teach that left from New Jalpaiguri hit the jumbo between Redbank and Debpara tea estates.
Ironically, the similar afternoon the woodland division had held a gathering with railway officials in Jaldapara at the factor of elephants incessantly being run over by means of trains.
The ‘cowcatcher’ (a metal frame in the front of the engine for pushing aside livestock or different stumbling blocks at the line) tossed the elephant around 100 yards clear of the tracks.
The ultimate such accident used to be reported in February this 12 months when a sub-adult male elephant used to be killed close to Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary between Chalsa and Nagrakata. Friday’s accident spot falls beneath a recognised elephant corridor, which could also be an accident-prone space. In 2011, as many as seven elephants had been mowed down concurrently at Moraghat. Since the conversion of the NJPAlipurduar track in 2004, rushing trains have killed over 70 elephants in this direction that passes through nationwide parks and wild existence sanctuaries.
Alipurduar’s divisional railway supervisor, CV Raman, said, “The accident befell as the elephant got here at the track suddenly.”
Chief conservator of forests (natural world, northern circle) Ujjal Ghosh said, “We had informed the railways upfront concerning the movement of elephants in the space. But the accident may now not be averted. This is not appropriate.”
The teach that left from New Jalpaiguri hit the jumbo between Redbank and Debpara tea estates.
Ironically, the similar afternoon the woodland division had held a gathering with railway officials in Jaldapara at the factor of elephants incessantly being run over by means of trains.
The ‘cowcatcher’ (a metal frame in the front of the engine for pushing aside livestock or different stumbling blocks at the line) tossed the elephant around 100 yards clear of the tracks.
The ultimate such accident used to be reported in February this 12 months when a sub-adult male elephant used to be killed close to Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary between Chalsa and Nagrakata. Friday’s accident spot falls beneath a recognised elephant corridor, which could also be an accident-prone space. In 2011, as many as seven elephants had been mowed down concurrently at Moraghat. Since the conversion of the NJPAlipurduar track in 2004, rushing trains have killed over 70 elephants in this direction that passes through nationwide parks and wild existence sanctuaries.
Alipurduar’s divisional railway supervisor, CV Raman, said, “The accident befell as the elephant got here at the track suddenly.”
Chief conservator of forests (natural world, northern circle) Ujjal Ghosh said, “We had informed the railways upfront concerning the movement of elephants in the space. But the accident may now not be averted. This is not appropriate.”
Elephant run over by speeding train
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June 10, 2018
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