‘Night, early morning trains cause most elephant deaths’
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Night, early morning trains cause most elephant deaths’

The Hindu  

Late night and early morning trains had caused the deaths of seven out of eight elephants on the two railway lines, A and B, between Kottekad and Madukkarai railway stations in the last five years, according to the Palakkad Division of the Southern Railway. While seven elephants were killed after being hit by trains on B line, only one elephant was killed on A line, said the division in reply to various queries made by activist R. Pandiyaraja of Tenkasi district under the Right to Information Act. According to the Division, five out of the eight elephants were killed on the 5.8 km stretch of B line on either side of Walayar railway station — 4 km towards Ettimadai and 1.8 km towards Kanjikode. As seven out of eight deaths occurred on B line, trains that pass through B line at night and early morning should be diverted through line A.

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Elephant severely injured after being hit by speeding train in Tripura
1 week, 4 days ago

Elephant severely injured after being hit by speeding train in Tripura

Deccan Chronicle  

Agartala: A full-grown elephant was severely injured after allegedly being hit by a speeding train in Tripura's Khowai district, an official said on Sunday. District Forest Officer Akshay Balu Bhorde told PTI that the elephant was bleeding profusely following the accident that happened on Saturday night. "The train, which was supposed to run at low speed as it is an …

AI camera saves lives of 3 elephants in Odisha’s Sundargarh, averts major rail accident
4 weeks, 2 days ago

AI camera saves lives of 3 elephants in Odisha’s Sundargarh, averts major rail accident

Live Mint  

A major rail accident was prevented in the Sundargarh district of Odisha after an artificial intelligence camera alerted authorities to an elephant herd approaching railway tracks. “AI camera captures & zooms into the elephants approaching the railway line, sending alerts to the control room for stopping the train. According to the latest elephant census conducted last month, 2,103 elephants were …

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 …

AI comes to the rescue of elephants
6 months ago

AI comes to the rescue of elephants

The Hindu  

The elephant population in India stands at 25,000 to 30,000, earning the species an “endangered” status. Train speed In a Canadian study attempting to mitigate animal-train collisions, train-triggered warning systems comprising flashing lights and bell sounds were installed at various locations along the tracks. These signals activated 30 seconds before train arrival, were aimed at conditioning animals to associate the …

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 …

Railway staff avert possible collision of moving trains with 87 elephants in ghat section linking Tamil Nadu – Kerala
1 year, 2 months ago

Railway staff avert possible collision of moving trains with 87 elephants in ghat section linking Tamil Nadu – Kerala

The Hindu  

Timely response by the Railway staff, including loco pilots, had saved 87 wild elephants that were spotted along the tracks on the Ettimadai - Kanjikode section of railway lines, which connect Tamil Nadu and Kerala near Coimbatore, from April this year. According to the Palakkad Division of the Southern Railway, the staff came across a total of 128 elephants along …

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. …

Pregnant elephant killed by goods train passing through north Bengal sanctuary
1 year, 4 months ago

Pregnant elephant killed by goods train passing through north Bengal sanctuary

Hindustan Times  

SILIGURI: An adult elephant was killed on Thursday after it was hit by a goods train in the Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary in north Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district in the early hours of the day, forest department officials said, adding that the elephant was found to be pregnant. The female elephant apparently came out of the Panijhora jungle and tried to enter …

Three Elephants Killed After Being Hit by Speeding Lorry in AP
1 year, 6 months ago

Three Elephants Killed After Being Hit by Speeding Lorry in AP

News 18  

Three elephants from a herd of four died when a speeding lorry hit them in Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh, forest officials said on Thursday. The accident occurred at Jagamarla Cross near Palamaner on the Bengaluru-Chennai National Highway in the Chittoor district on Wednesday night. The vehicle was being driven at a high speed and the driver is suspected to …

Wholesome Video Of Train Driver Allowing Elephants To Cross Tracks Wins Internet
1 year, 7 months ago

Wholesome Video Of Train Driver Allowing Elephants To Cross Tracks Wins Internet

News 18  

It is always nice to see humans helping animals to co-exist peacefully. “A strong coordination between Railways and Forest Department can prevent accidental deaths of elephants on their track, bisected by Railway lines. A user commented, “Such efforts are much needed everywhere.” Such efforts are much needed everywhere.— Shantanu Deshmukh May 22, 2023 Another wrote, “If an underpass or an …

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 …

Knee-jerk reactions won’t do, a one-time plan is crucial, says wildlife expert
2 years, 2 months ago

Knee-jerk reactions won’t do, a one-time plan is crucial, says wildlife expert

The Hindu  

A comprehensive mitigation plan covering the Kerala and Tamil Nadu sides of the forest and the railway line that passes through it alone can save the elephants from speeding trains, feels Bilal Habib, Assistant Nodal Officer of the Elephant Cell of the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. An extensive study needs to be carried out in the area where the …

Elephant deaths in train accidents: Sensitive points across 1,800 km of railway tracks identified
2 years, 3 months ago

Elephant deaths in train accidents: Sensitive points across 1,800 km of railway tracks identified

Firstpost  

The preventive measures could include simple interventions such as construction of ramps to facilitate movement of wild elephants across railway tracks New Delhi: In an effort to reduce elephant deaths in train accidents, the Union Environment Ministry has identified sensitive points along 1,800 kilometers of railway tracks across the country where the probability of such incidents is high. On 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 …

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 …

Train that mowed down three elephants was within restricted speed, says Railways
3 years, 1 month ago

Train that mowed down three elephants was within restricted speed, says Railways

The Hindu  

A Chennai-bound train that mowed down three elephants near Walayar in Coimbatore district was running within the restricted speed limit, the Palakkad Division of the Southern Railway has claimed. According to the Division, as per a document accessed through the Right to Information Act earlier this year, Permanent Speed Restriction of 45 kmph is imposed for 13.9 km of a …

Three elephants die after being hit by train
3 years, 1 month ago

Three elephants die after being hit by train

The Hindu  

Three elephants died after being hit by a train near Madukkarai in Coimbatore district on Friday evening. According to officials from the Forest Department, the three female elephants – an adult, a sub-adult and a juvenile – were crossing the railway track near Navakkarai within the Madukkarai forest range around 9 p.m. on Friday. 12602 Chennai Mail, operated from Mangaluru …

Huge fire in Elephant and Castle injures six and disrupts trains
3 years, 6 months ago

Huge fire in Elephant and Castle injures six and disrupts trains

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 100 firefighters tackled a spectacular fire under a …

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, …

Chhattisgarh: 3 killed in elephant attacks in Jashpur
3 years, 11 months ago

Chhattisgarh: 3 killed in elephant attacks in Jashpur

India TV News  

Three persons have been killed in separate incidents of attack by elephants in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, a forest official said on Monday. The incidents took place late Sunday evening in Pathalgaon forest range of the district, located around 450 km from the state capital Raipur, he said. As per the official, a 50-year-old native of Saraitola village, identified as one …

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 …

Piyush Goyal Lauds Train Crew, Loco Pilot for Saving 3 Elephants Crossing Tracks in West Bengal
4 years, 1 month ago

Piyush Goyal Lauds Train Crew, Loco Pilot for Saving 3 Elephants Crossing Tracks in West Bengal

News 18  

Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal has applauded the loco pilot and crew of a train after they stopped on time to save the lives of three elephants crossing the tracks. “The alertness & prompt action of loco pilot & crew helped to save lives of three elephants including one baby elephant crossing rail tracks on Sivok-Gulma section in West …

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 …

Three elephants killed after being hit by iron-ore laden truck in Odisha's Keonjhar district
5 years, 4 months ago

Three elephants killed after being hit by iron-ore laden truck in Odisha's Keonjhar district

Firstpost  

The truck, which skidded off the road after the accident in which three elephants were killed, has been seized by the police. Keonjhar: Three elephants were killed after being hit by a truck on a national highway in Odisha’s Keonjhar district early on Thursday, a forest official said. The pachyderms were crossing NH-20 near Balijodi area under Ghatagaon forest range, …

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