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 corridor and trains plying on the tracks end up taking the lives of elephants every now and then. CV Raman, Alipurduar divisional railway manager of the Northern Frontier Railways, said in July 2018 after an accident, "We have imposed a 24-hour speed restriction along a 15km stretch between Chalsa and Banarhat stations in the Dooars. In July this year, the Northern Frontier Railways was even awarded for its innovative method of trying to keep elephants from crossing railway tracks when a train is about to pass: a 'buzzer'.

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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 …

MLA wants Karnataka government to allow shooting at elephants entering farm land
4 weeks ago

MLA wants Karnataka government to allow shooting at elephants entering farm land

India Today  

Harish Poonja, a BJP MLA from Karnataka’s Belthangady constituency, made a request on the Legislative Assembly floor. Discussing the challenges faced by farmers due to wild elephants destroying their crops, Poonja said: “Give a chance to the farmers. There is a law and as an MLA you have to make people understand what that law is,” Khandre told Poonja regarding …

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 …

AI camera prevents elephants from colliding with train in Odisha. Video
1 month ago

AI camera prevents elephants from colliding with train in Odisha. Video

India Today  

An elephant family was saved from a catastrophic collision with an oncoming train due to an Artificial Intelligence -powered camera system in Odisha’s Rourkela. Detailing the incident in a post on X, retired Indian Forest Service Officer Susanta Nanda shared a video that showed the elephants walking towards the railway tracks. The forest department’s advanced AI cameras, installed along the …

Centre seeks report as elephant dies in mob attack in Bengal
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre seeks report as elephant dies in mob attack in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

The Union environment ministry has sought a detailed report from West Bengal chief wildlife warden Debal Ray on the brutal killing of an adult female elephant with a flaming spear by a mob in the state’s Jhargram district last week, officials said, as the incident triggered an outrage and renewed calls among activists for improved mechanisms to protect animals and …

Centre seeks detailed report on brutal killing of elephant in West Bengal
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre seeks detailed report on brutal killing of elephant in West Bengal

Hindustan Times  

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has sought a detailed report from the chief wildlife warden of West Bengal regarding the killing of an adult female elephant after her back was pierced with a burning spear on August 15, senior officials said on Wednesday. HT reported on Tuesday that the elephant died in Jhargram in West Bengal …

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 …

An elephant mourning its calf blocks traffic in Bandipur
8 months, 2 weeks ago

An elephant mourning its calf blocks traffic in Bandipur

The Hindu  

An elephant mourning the death of its calf and guarding the carcass blocked traffic on the highway cutting across Bandipur for a considerable period on Saturday. Though efforts were made to dissuade the female elephant to leave the carcass of the calf it stayed put and blocked the movement of vehicles on National Highway 181 connecting to Mudumalai in Tamil …

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 …

Elephant Attack in Bandipur: Men Escape 'Death' After Attempting a Selfie with a Charging Jumbo
11 months, 1 week ago

Elephant Attack in Bandipur: Men Escape 'Death' After Attempting a Selfie with a Charging Jumbo

News 18  

Going on a tour to a national park or zoo is a dreamy escape for many, but the nightmare of being chased and attacked by an animal is something no one wants to face after all, who wants to get trapped in the adrenaline rush and the breath-stealing moment when the line between life and death blurs. This spine-chilling scenario …

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 …

Wild elephant tramples forest ranger to death in Assam, injures four others
1 year, 3 months ago

Wild elephant tramples forest ranger to death in Assam, injures four others

Hindustan Times  

A forest ranger was killed and four others injured after a team of the forest department came under attack by a wild elephant in Assam’s Jorhat district on Thursday night. The deceased forest ranger has been identified as Atul Kalita According to the officials, the incident took place in the Bijoy Nagar area of Jorhat’s Titabor when a herd of …

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. …

Visakhapatnam: Elephant goes on rampage on highway
1 year, 4 months ago

Visakhapatnam: Elephant goes on rampage on highway

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: A male elephant went on a rampage and damaged the windshield of a passenger bus on its way from Rayagada to Srikakulam on Monday morning. Eyewitnesses said the elephant charged towards the bus and damaged its windshield. A video clip that went viral showed the elephant chasing people including children to a distance. We told local villagers to stay …

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 …

A jumbo task at hand
1 year, 7 months ago

A jumbo task at hand

The Hindu  

Only four days ago, four elephants of a herd of 18 dwelling in the forest near Katragadda village of Bhamini mandal in Parvatipuram-Manyam district were electrocuted while moving in search of food and water. Brewing human-wildlife conflict At present, the combined population of wild elephants, both residents and migrants, in the Kaundinya sanctuary and the Seshachalam ranges of the Annamayya …

Watch: People run as angry elephant goes on rampage in West Bengal, tramples vehicles
1 year, 10 months ago

Watch: People run as angry elephant goes on rampage in West Bengal, tramples vehicles

India TV News  

Viral News: A video going viral on social media captures an elephant on a rampage in West Bengal's Hooghly district. The footage, which appears to be recorded from a CCTV camera outside a shop or residence, shows numerous people lined up outside a medical store in West Bengal's Arambagh. Several netizens compared the clip to wild animals including elephants going …

Elephant calf hit by train, falls into gorge. She has spinal injuries, say officials
2 years ago

Elephant calf hit by train, falls into gorge. She has spinal injuries, say officials

Hindustan Times  

HALDWANI: Forest officers in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district had to fire shots in the air to drive away a herd of elephants from an 18-month-old calf that sustained spinal injuries after being hit by a train on Sunday. Forest department officers said the elephant calf, which fell into a gorge after the accident, was treated for over three hours by the …

Elephant knocked down by speeding truck in Bandipur Tiger Reserve
2 years ago

Elephant knocked down by speeding truck in Bandipur Tiger Reserve

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: A sub-adult female elephant was knocked down by a speeding truck in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve of Chamarajanagar district on Tuesday evening, making it the second such incident in a Tiger Reserve of the State in recent years. The elephant, a latest victim of a road kill, succumbed to severe head injuries, however, a necropsy will be conducted today, …

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 …

Chhattisgarh: 65-year-old woman trampled to death by wild elephant in Jashpur
2 years, 3 months ago

Chhattisgarh: 65-year-old woman trampled to death by wild elephant in Jashpur

Firstpost  

Jashpur: A 65-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant at a village in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district on Monday, a forest official said. The victim Pyari Toppo came face to face with an elephant when she stepped out of her house in Babu Saajbahar village under Tapkara forest range, in the morning, sub-divisional officer Naveen Nirala said. 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 …

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 …

No Backing Down? Man-elephant Conflict in Assam Leads to Colossal Loss of Lives
3 years, 6 months ago

No Backing Down? Man-elephant Conflict in Assam Leads to Colossal Loss of Lives

News 18  

A recently shot video captured a herd of wild elephants and a mongrel caught in a ‘verbal standoff’ in Nambar forest of Golaghat district of Assam. The decision has been taken after the death of 18 wild elephants in Nagaon district due to a “massive lightning bolt.” An official said that at a high-level meeting, attended by three ministers and …

‘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 …

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, …

Elephant dies on railway tracks while rescuing her calf. Heartbreaking, says Twitter
3 years, 9 months ago

Elephant dies on railway tracks while rescuing her calf. Heartbreaking, says Twitter

India Today  

Neha Sinha, a conservation biologist, has shared a story of an elephant rescuing her calf in a post on Twitter and it has made the internet rather emotional. See Neha Sinha's post here: This is Ganga elephant, photographed by Avijan Saha in North Bengal. https://t.co/Op7YFyPqHv pic.twitter.com/izEFOvsi6z — Neha Sinha March 11, 2021 Social media users were left teary-eyed after reading …

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 …

Rajaji Tiger Reserve flags Railways’ decision to increase train speed inside range
4 years ago

Rajaji Tiger Reserve flags Railways’ decision to increase train speed inside range

Hindustan Times  

The administration of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand on Thursday wrote to the Indian Railways urging it to reconsider its decision to increase train speed from 35 kmph to 100 kmph while passing through the reserve to avoid wildlife casualties. A pair of tigers in the forest at Gohri Range of Rajaji Tiger Reserve. DK Singh, director of Rajaji …

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 …

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, …

Tusker Chinnathambi enters rail station near Udumalpet
5 years, 11 months ago

Tusker Chinnathambi enters rail station near Udumalpet

Deccan Chronicle  

Coimbatore: Translocated wild elephant Chinnathambi entered the railway station near Udumalpet on Saturday and the helpless Forest department personnel are planning to capture the elephant for making it as a ‘captive kumki elephant’. The so-called problematic wild elephant was recently tranquilized and relocated from Thadagam valley of Coimbatore and was released inside the dense forest of Anamalai Tiger reserve. The …

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