RAJKOT: Danger seems to be perennially lurking for Gujarat’s satisfaction - the endangered Asiatic lions - in Gir (east).
Three lions had been beaten to loss of life under a goods teach close to Borala village close to Savarkundla the town of Amreli district put up Monday midnight. Forest division officials mentioned there was a satisfaction of six lions moving on the track out of which two men elderly around one-and-a-half-year to 2 years and a one-and-a-half-year lioness died.
The goods teach was going to Pipavav Port from Botad.
In a remark, the woodland division mentioned, “An enquiry is being conducted concerning the teach speed and the negligence of trackers and woodland team of workers. Stringent action will probably be taken on whosoever is located to blame,”
Various lions have suffered the same destiny on the railway track going to Pipavav which sees motion of just about 28-30 trains daily. On Sunday, a 0 gai (Blue bull) was additionally run over by way of a teach on the identical 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 seen moving around in non-protected spaces.
According to locals, the opposite 3 lions from the satisfaction are still camping in the within sight space and they're mentioned be very aggressive after the twist of fate.
Chief conservator of woodland (CCF), natural world circle, D T Vasavada mentioned, “We have completed fencing close to the tracks in 3 stretches where lion motion is seen frequently. In this particular stretch, we haven’t seen widespread motion of lions. ”
The woodland departmen has already asked the railways to cap the utmost speed of the trains to 45 km in line with hour on this 100 km stretch from Liliya to Pipavav Port.
Asked about offering information about lions motion to the railways, Vasavada mentioned, “Tt’s not practically possible to present minute-to-minute knowledge, so we think trains to head slowly in order that the driving force can observe breaks at suitable time.”
It’s worth bringing up that in January this 12 months, a four-month-old lion cub was beaten by way of a passenger teach, nine km from Borala.
When contacted, Mashuque Ahmed, divisional industrial manager (DCM), Bhavnagar division, mentioned, “We have an working out with the woodland division according to which trackers tell the station masters about lion motion on the tracks. In this case, we had no knowledge on Monday night.”
Ahmed mentioned on this case, the products teach was moving at a speed of 50-55km in line with hour, which is commonplace.
Three lions had been beaten to loss of life under a goods teach close to Borala village close to Savarkundla the town of Amreli district put up Monday midnight. Forest division officials mentioned there was a satisfaction of six lions moving on the track out of which two men elderly around one-and-a-half-year to 2 years and a one-and-a-half-year lioness died.
The goods teach was going to Pipavav Port from Botad.
In a remark, the woodland division mentioned, “An enquiry is being conducted concerning the teach speed and the negligence of trackers and woodland team of workers. Stringent action will probably be taken on whosoever is located to blame,”
Various lions have suffered the same destiny on the railway track going to Pipavav which sees motion of just about 28-30 trains daily. On Sunday, a 0 gai (Blue bull) was additionally run over by way of a teach on the identical 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 seen moving around in non-protected spaces.
According to locals, the opposite 3 lions from the satisfaction are still camping in the within sight space and they're mentioned be very aggressive after the twist of fate.
Chief conservator of woodland (CCF), natural world circle, D T Vasavada mentioned, “We have completed fencing close to the tracks in 3 stretches where lion motion is seen frequently. In this particular stretch, we haven’t seen widespread motion of lions. ”
The woodland departmen has already asked the railways to cap the utmost speed of the trains to 45 km in line with hour on this 100 km stretch from Liliya to Pipavav Port.
Asked about offering information about lions motion to the railways, Vasavada mentioned, “Tt’s not practically possible to present minute-to-minute knowledge, so we think trains to head slowly in order that the driving force can observe breaks at suitable time.”
It’s worth bringing up that in January this 12 months, a four-month-old lion cub was beaten by way of a passenger teach, nine km from Borala.
When contacted, Mashuque Ahmed, divisional industrial manager (DCM), Bhavnagar division, mentioned, “We have an working out with the woodland division according to which trackers tell the station masters about lion motion on the tracks. In this case, we had no knowledge on Monday night.”
Ahmed mentioned on this case, the products teach was moving at a speed of 50-55km in line with hour, which is commonplace.
Three lions crushed to death under goods train in Amreli
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