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Speed limit for trains to protect elephants [1]

The 185-km railway track from Siliguri to Alipurduar has taken the lives of 18 pachyderms in the past few years. An expert committee has now suggested that the situation should be improved by introducing a speed limit and educating train drivers to look out for "danger signs", which include elephants. Unfortunately, this track falls on the much preferred elephant corridor and despite patrolling by forest staff and efforts to make a detour for these elephants, they continue to use it.

Publication Date: 
16/06/2008
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Rail Transport [3], Elephant [4], Wildlife Management [5]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rail-transport
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-management