Rajya Sabha MP Sukhedu Sekhar Roy, in a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday, drew attention to the deaths of seven elephants, including four calves in Assam, noting that such incidents recur due to trains exceeding speed limits in designated elephant corridors.
Biswa Jyoti Das, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Biswanath Chariali told ANI over the phone that, last night at around 10 pm, a male wild elephant died after being hit by the Donyi Polo Express train.
As per the official, the IDS will help detect elephants approaching the railway tracks and an alert will be sent to the local pilot, station master, also station manager and the accident can be prevented.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 27 (ANI): An elephant died after being hit by a train in Doiwala area of Dehradun earlier on Monday morning, according to forest officials.