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Solar fencing to prevent jumbo deaths on track [1]

BERHAMPUR: To prevent wild animals from being run over by trains, forest officers have proposed solar fencing on either side of the railway track from Rambha bypass to Palur junction in Ganjam district. At least six elephants were crushed to death near Subalaya, a place within the five-km railway line, on December 29, last year. Though drivers have been asked to slow down on this stretch following the accident, forest officers are pushing for solar fencing as a permanent solution to the problem.

Publication Date: 
17/01/2013
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar) [2]
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha) [3], Ganjam [4], Elephant [5], Wildlife [6]
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