Sri Lanka, Oct. 30 -- Filing a Fundamental Rights petition before the Supreme Court, a group of environmental activists has sought an order calling for disciplinary and legal action against a 67-year-old engine driver who has allegedly been involved in seven separate elephant fatalities on the Batticaloa-Colombo railway line.

Five environmental activists filed this application seeking urgent judicial intervention to address the growing number of wild elephant deaths caused by train collisions.

The petitioners, K. Priyadharshani, S. Rajapaksa Adikaram, Auradha Ruwan Chandrashantha, Anusha David and Jayaruwan Chandrashantha have urged the Court to direct the General Manager of the Sri Lanka Railway Department to initiate a formal inquiry ...