RAJKOT: Danger appears to be perennially lurking for Gujarat’s pride - the endangered Asiatic lions - in Gir (east).
Three lions had been beaten to dying below a goods educate close to Borala village close to Savarkundla the city of Amreli district put up Monday middle of the night. Forest division officials said there was a pride of six lions transferring on the monitor out of which two men aged round one-and-a-half-year to 2 years and a one-and-a-half-year lioness died.
The goods educate was going to Pipavav Port from Botad.
In a commentary, the woodland division said, “An enquiry is being conducted in regards to the educate pace and the negligence of trackers and woodland team of workers. Stringent action will be taken on whosoever is located in charge,”
Numerous lions have suffered the same destiny on the railway monitor going to Pipavav which sees motion of just about 28-30 trains daily. On Sunday, a zero gai (Blue bull) was also run over via a educate on the same spot close to Borala village. It is suspected that the lions had come to feed on the carcass of this animal.
There are at least 100 lions in Amreli district on my own, majority of them noticed transferring round in non-protected areas.
According to locals, the opposite three lions from the pride are nonetheless tenting in the nearby space and they are said be very aggressive after the accident.
Chief conservator of woodland (CCF), flora and fauna circle, D T Vasavada said, “We have done fencing close to the tracks in three stretches where lion motion is noticed regularly. In this particular stretch, we haven’t noticed widespread motion of lions. ”
The woodland departmen has already requested the railways to cap the maximum pace of the trains to 45 km in keeping with hour on this 100 km stretch from Liliya to Pipavav Port.
Asked about offering information about lions motion to the railways, Vasavada said, “Tt’s now not almost possible to provide minute-to-minute information, so we predict trains to move slowly so that the driver can practice breaks at appropriate time.”
It’s worth citing that in January this year, a four-month-old lion cub was beaten via a passenger educate, nine km from Borala.
When contacted, Mashuque Ahmed, divisional industrial manager (DCM), Bhavnagar division, said, “We have an figuring out with the woodland division in keeping with which trackers tell the station masters about lion motion on the tracks. In this case, we had no information on Monday night time.”
Ahmed said on this case, the goods educate was transferring at a pace of 50-55km in keeping with hour, which is commonplace.
Three lions had been beaten to dying below a goods educate close to Borala village close to Savarkundla the city of Amreli district put up Monday middle of the night. Forest division officials said there was a pride of six lions transferring on the monitor out of which two men aged round one-and-a-half-year to 2 years and a one-and-a-half-year lioness died.
The goods educate was going to Pipavav Port from Botad.
In a commentary, the woodland division said, “An enquiry is being conducted in regards to the educate pace and the negligence of trackers and woodland team of workers. Stringent action will be taken on whosoever is located in charge,”
Numerous lions have suffered the same destiny on the railway monitor going to Pipavav which sees motion of just about 28-30 trains daily. On Sunday, a zero gai (Blue bull) was also run over via a educate on the same spot close to Borala village. It is suspected that the lions had come to feed on the carcass of this animal.
There are at least 100 lions in Amreli district on my own, majority of them noticed transferring round in non-protected areas.
According to locals, the opposite three lions from the pride are nonetheless tenting in the nearby space and they are said be very aggressive after the accident.
Chief conservator of woodland (CCF), flora and fauna circle, D T Vasavada said, “We have done fencing close to the tracks in three stretches where lion motion is noticed regularly. In this particular stretch, we haven’t noticed widespread motion of lions. ”
The woodland departmen has already requested the railways to cap the maximum pace of the trains to 45 km in keeping with hour on this 100 km stretch from Liliya to Pipavav Port.
Asked about offering information about lions motion to the railways, Vasavada said, “Tt’s now not almost possible to provide minute-to-minute information, so we predict trains to move slowly so that the driver can practice breaks at appropriate time.”
It’s worth citing that in January this year, a four-month-old lion cub was beaten via a passenger educate, nine km from Borala.
When contacted, Mashuque Ahmed, divisional industrial manager (DCM), Bhavnagar division, said, “We have an figuring out with the woodland division in keeping with which trackers tell the station masters about lion motion on the tracks. In this case, we had no information on Monday night time.”
Ahmed said on this case, the goods educate was transferring at a pace of 50-55km in keeping with hour, which is commonplace.
Guj: 3 lions killed by goods train in Amreli
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