A committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which inquired into the deaths of scores of elephants by electrocution, has recommended amendment of the Wildlife Protection (WP) Act, 1972, so that power distribution company officials and train drivers who mow down elephants can be punished for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/elephant-deaths-moef-panel-amending-act
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/debabrata-mohanty
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-transmission
