30 May 2018
epa03610903 The dead body of a tusker elephant lies on railway track after it was struck by the speeding Guwahati-bound Somporkkranti Express at the Buxa Tiger Reserve, some 12 kms from Alipurduar, West Bengal, India, 05 March 2013. EPA/STR

Considering the accidental deaths of wild animals especially elephants on the railway track in the Tanda forest region, the Forest Department and Railway officials held a meeting and decided to take measure to prevent such fatalities. It was decided that such accident prone tracks will be identified, sign boards will be put up and the speed of trains will be kept low on such stretches. It was also decided that the the speed of trains will be kept at 30 to 35 kmph in accident prone stretches.

GUWAHATI, INDIA: Villagers look at the dead body of an Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) as it lies next to railway tracks on the border of the Deepor Beel Bird Sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, 21 June 2004. Three elephants died on the spot and two were seriously injured when a goods train hit a herd of elephants as they followed an ancient annual migration route. In India alone, elephant-human conflict results in about 300 human and 200 elephant deaths each year due to poaching, crop protection and any number of other accidents, including vehicle-elephant collisions. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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