NGT Takes Suo Moto Cognisance of Media Report, Issues Directions To States To Curb Elephant Deaths On Railway Tracks
3 years, 5 months ago

NGT Takes Suo Moto Cognisance of Media Report, Issues Directions To States To Curb Elephant Deaths On Railway Tracks

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday initiated suo moto proceedings on the basis of a media report titled "Night, early morning trains cause most elephant deaths" published in the Hindu on May 29, 2021. The media report enumerated the occurrence of frequent elephant accidents caused on railway tracks running between Kottekad, Kerala and Madukkarai, Tamil Nadu. Reliance was placed on a host of Supreme Court judgements such as Vidya Athreya & Anr v. Union of India and Prerna Singh Bindra & Ors v. Union of India & Ors wherein directions were issued to the MoEF&CC to constitute a Central Monitoring Committee to coordinate with elephant bearing States on issues relating to safety of elephants in elephant protection zones. Accordingly, the following directions were issued by the Tribunal to the constituted Central Monitoring Committee, "The Central Monitoring Committee constituted by MoEF&CC dealing with the project 'Elephant' needs to look into the issue raised in the media report in coordination with the Railway Authorities, the Wildlife Institute of India and the States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

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Bandhavgarh elephant deaths: NGT issues notice to authorities
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bandhavgarh elephant deaths: NGT issues notice to authorities

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Wildlife Institute of India and others on the issue of the "mysterious deaths" of 10 elephants in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve that have been linked to Kodo millet poisoning. The tribunal noted the report according to which "initial investigations indicated the …

Elephant Fitness Certificate, 3-Days Rest, 3-Hrs Cap On Parading: Kerala HC Issues Directions To Prevent Cruelty During Temple Festivals
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Elephant Fitness Certificate, 3-Days Rest, 3-Hrs Cap On Parading: Kerala HC Issues Directions To Prevent Cruelty During Temple Festivals

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has remarked that Elephants in Kerala are widely used in Temples in the name of tradition and religion but, in reality, it is a "commercial exploitation" without any care or concern for their well-being. The Division Bench of Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P. thus issued certain directions for effective implementation of the Kerala Captive …

Odisha government orders probe into 50 elephant deaths in six months
2 months ago

Odisha government orders probe into 50 elephant deaths in six months

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Sunday ordered a detailed inquiry into the unnatural death of around 50 elephants in the last six months. Raising concern over the spate of elephant deaths, Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia said responsibility will be fixed on officers found negligent and inefficient in safeguarding the life of the animals. Singhkhuntia directed the additional …

World Elephant Day: How railway tracks have become graveyards for jumbos in India
4 months, 4 weeks ago

World Elephant Day: How railway tracks have become graveyards for jumbos in India

Firstpost  

India has lost at least 200 elephants to train collisions in the past decade. File Photo/AFP Last December, a pregnant elephant and her female calf were hit by a train when they were crossing a track near Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani. Sensors near railway tracks alert railway administration and the forest department about elephant movement, which helps …

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants

The Hindu  

Officials from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway inspected railway lines passing through the Madukkarai forest range in Coimbatore district to chalk out plans to improve safety measures for wild elephants. Divisional Engineer Anshul Bharti and Additional Divisional Engineer Bibhash Paswan from Palakkad Division joined the Forest Department team along with loco pilots and …

Elephant killed in Assam after getting hit and dragged by train
10 months ago

Elephant killed in Assam after getting hit and dragged by train

Hindustan Times  

A young adult wild elephant was killed in Assam’s Lakhimpur after being hit by a speeding train on Monday. According to officials of Northeast Frontier Railway, the incident happened at around 4.40pm two days ago when the elephant came under the Rangiya-Murkongselek Passenger train near Gogamukh area of Lakhimpur district and sustained grievous injuries. “We reached the spot with a …

Wild elephant killed by speeding train in Assam
1 year ago

Wild elephant killed by speeding train in Assam

Hindustan Times  

An adult male elephant has been killed in Assam’s Jorhat district after being hit by a speeding train. According to the forest officials, the incident happened near Mariani Railway Station at around 11.30pm on Saturday. The incident happened near Mariani Railway Station at around 11.30pm on Saturday. According to the Chief Public Relations Officer of Northeast Frontier Railway, Sabyasachi De, …

Three elephants mowed down by goods train in Bengal district: Officials
1 year, 1 month ago

Three elephants mowed down by goods train in Bengal district: Officials

Hindustan Times  

Three elephants were mowed down by a goods train on Monday morning at the Buxa Tiger Reserve in Bengal’s Alipurduar district, state forest department officials said. Praveen Kaswan, deputy field director of the west range of Buxa Tiger Reserve, said, “All three elephants died on the spot. We have initiated an inquiry.” A local resident, Ajay Lora claimed that the …

Elephant killed in train-hit incident in Nainital: Forest officials
1 year, 3 months ago

Elephant killed in train-hit incident in Nainital: Forest officials

Hindustan Times  

An elephant was killed in the wee hours on Thursday after being hit by a train on the Ramnagar-Moradabad route near Ampokhra in Ramnagar of Nainital. Carcass of the elephant killed in train hit incident in Ampokhra forest range. This is the second such incident of elephant death due to a train-hit incident within three days reported form the state. …

Elephant monitoring system coming up in Madukkarai range in Coimbatore
1 year, 4 months ago

Elephant monitoring system coming up in Madukkarai range in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The artificial intelligence -based monitoring system to avoid elephants getting hit by moving trains on railway tracks passing through forests in Coimbatore district will be ready in a month. Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forest, Tamil Nadu, inspected the works on August 10, during which technicians involved in the works demonstrated her the early warning system. …

NGT Warns Odisha State Authorities To Notify Elephant Corridors Or Face The Consequences
1 year, 8 months ago

NGT Warns Odisha State Authorities To Notify Elephant Corridors Or Face The Consequences

Live Law  

The Eastern Zone of National Green Tribunal has warned the Odisha State authorities to notify the elephant corridors, failing which the concerned authorities shall be liable under Section 26 of the National Green Tribunal Act. We are surprised that even after passage of two and a half years the State Government has not been able to notify the elephant corridors …

Elephant deaths continue unabated in Odisha, 8 deaths in March so far
1 year, 9 months ago

Elephant deaths continue unabated in Odisha, 8 deaths in March so far

The Hindu  

Notwithstanding court and National Green Tribunal orders concerning the safety of elephant population in Odisha’s famed wildlife sanctuaries, jumbos continue to perish in the State. March’s elephant death toll, the highest in four years, started with the discovery of an adult female’s carcass at Baghamunda Section of Purunakote Forest Range of Satkoshia Sanctuary on March 7. Mr. Mohanty said the …

Elephants meet with a gory end on rail tracks in Kerala
2 years, 2 months ago

Elephants meet with a gory end on rail tracks in Kerala

The Hindu  

Last Friday, Vivek Express, the country’s longest running train from Kanyakumari to Dibrugarh in Assam, hit a herd of elephants at Kottamutti between the Walayar and Kanjikode stations on Railways’ B-line. It was the first elephant death on the tracks in the Walayar forest range within Kerala borders in the last three years. The Kerala Forest Department maintains that it …

TN Forest Dept’s AI-based warning system to cover 13 km of vulnerable railway lines
2 years, 4 months ago

TN Forest Dept’s AI-based warning system to cover 13 km of vulnerable railway lines

The Hindu  

The plan by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department to install artificial intelligence based warning system to prevent elephant fatalities on railway lines will cover a stretch of 13 km passing through Madukkarai forest range of Coimbatore Forest Division that has been identified as “vulnerable”. According to the Forest Department, A and B lines pass through the reserve forest for a …

At least 45 Elephants, 150 Wild Animals Killed on Railway Tracks Between 2019 and 2021: Data
2 years, 6 months ago

At least 45 Elephants, 150 Wild Animals Killed on Railway Tracks Between 2019 and 2021: Data

News 18  

At least 45 elephants have been killed on railway tracks between 2019 and 2021, while more than 150 other wild animals have died the same way during the said period, government data analysed by CNN-News18 shows. In a report presented in December 2021, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India said that between 2016 and 2019, train accidents were the …

Explore use of AI to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks: NGT
2 years, 7 months ago

Explore use of AI to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks: NGT

The Hindu  

The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed the Southern Railway and the Forest Departments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala to explore the possibility of using Artificial Intelligence-based systems to prevent deaths of wild animals on railway tracks. The Bench said the Railways and the States could explore the possibility of providing a system of alerting loco pilots …

395 sightings of elephants along railway track between Palakkad - Madukkarai in over 10 years
2 years, 11 months ago

395 sightings of elephants along railway track between Palakkad - Madukkarai in over 10 years

The Hindu  

There has been a drastic increase in the frequency of elephants sighted along the railway track from Palakkad junction in Kerala to Madukkarai in Tamil Nadu in over the last 10 years, said the report by a committee of the Project Elephant division of the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change. As per the report ‘Measures to reduce mortality …

Railway track turned fatal for 25 elephants in over 40 years
3 years, 1 month ago

Railway track turned fatal for 25 elephants in over 40 years

The Hindu  

A total of 25 elephants that have been killed since 1978 on the two rail lines that connect Kerala and Tamil Nadu through the Walayar and Madukkarai forest ranges had their fatal encounter with moving trains late at night and early morning, according to the details provided by the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway. R. Pandiyaraja, a Tenkasi-based activist who …

Incursion Of Wild Elephants In Human Settlements: Kerala High Court Calls For State's Report On Proposed Action
3 years, 3 months ago

Incursion Of Wild Elephants In Human Settlements: Kerala High Court Calls For State's Report On Proposed Action

Live Law  

Taking note of a recent intrusion by a herd of wild elephants into human settlements in the Palakkad district, the Kerala High Court has directed the State to file a report regarding the action proposed to be taken to prevent such episodes in the future. Taking note of the same, the Court remarked, "The report to be filed shall indicate …

NGT asks Odisha government to notify 14 elephant corridors, ecologists cheer
3 years, 4 months ago

NGT asks Odisha government to notify 14 elephant corridors, ecologists cheer

Hindustan Times  

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday asked the Odisha government to notify 14 elephant corridors in the state within next two months, realising a long-standing demand of elephant conservationists. In an order passed by the Eastern Zonal bench of NGT, judicial member B Amit Sthalekar and expert member Saibal Dasgupta asked for notification of the 14 corridors identified by Asian …

186 elephants killed on railway tracks in over 10 years: MoEFCC
3 years, 7 months ago

186 elephants killed on railway tracks in over 10 years: MoEFCC

The Hindu  

A total of 186 elephants were killed after being hit by trains across India between 2009-10 and 2020-21, according to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. As per the data furnished by the Project Elephant Division of the Ministry, Assam accounted for the highest number of elephant casualties on railway tracks, followed by West Bengal, …

Speeding train kills elephant near Guwahati; 3rd incident this year
4 years ago

Speeding train kills elephant near Guwahati; 3rd incident this year

Hindustan Times  

An adult male elephant was killed by a speeding train on the outskirts of Guwahati in the wee hours of Friday. Local residents offer prayers to the wild elephant killed by a speeding train near Guwahati on Friday morning. According to Northeast Frontier Railway officials, the incident took place between Digaru and Panbari stations around 3:30 am when the Agartala …

Calcutta HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Unnatural Deaths Of Elephants, Bisons Etc [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

Calcutta HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Unnatural Deaths Of Elephants, Bisons Etc [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on its own motion on Thursday took cognizance of the issue of unnatural death of Elephants, Bisons and other wild animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians etc. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Subhasis Dasgupta opined that it is time for the judiciary to have a look at matters touching the safety …

Elephant Death In Kerala: PIL In SC Seeks CBI Or SIT Probe
4 years, 7 months ago

Elephant Death In Kerala: PIL In SC Seeks CBI Or SIT Probe

Live Law  

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a Court Monitored CBI or a Special Investigating Team probe into the recent death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala reportedly due to accidental consumption of a firecracker-stuffed pineapple meant as a trap for wild boars.The petition has been filed by Advocate Avadh Bihari Kaushik and seeks the intervention of …

NGT Registers Suo Motu Case Over Pregnant Elephant Death Issue [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

NGT Registers Suo Motu Case Over Pregnant Elephant Death Issue [Read Order]

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal has registered a suo motu case regarding the incident of a pregnant elephant allegedly killed in Silent Valley Forest in Kerala. The news that a pregnant wild elephant in Silent Valley Forest had fallen victim to an act of human act of using explosive substance kept in a Pineapple which was consumed inadvertently by it had …

Train hits and critically injures elephant in North Bengal. Devastating video goes viral
5 years, 3 months ago

Train hits and critically injures elephant in North Bengal. Devastating video goes viral

India Today  

West Bengal's Dooars was witness to yet another episode of tragic man-animal conflict on Friday morning. It runs right through the heart of Dooars, across several elephant corridors, and on its way, has killed or left injured many wild animals since its first run. pic.twitter.com/DNZUzNfjN2 Parveen Kaswan, IFS September 28, 2019 The Banarhat-Nagrakata rail route passes through a major elephant …

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