Sri Lanka, May 16 -- The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) revealed that 53 elephants had died and 17 have been injured due to train collisions occurring between 2020 and 2024.

This was revealed when the COPA met in Parliament recently under the Chairmanship of MP Aravinda Senarath to discuss the Auditor General's report of the Sri Lanka Railways Department for 2023 and the current performance of the Department.

The Committee pointed out that a survey was conducted from October 11 to October 15, 2018 to minimise wild elephant accidents and a study was conducted on the locations where wild elephants collided with trains and where wild elephants roamed on the railway tracks. However, wild elephant collisions with trains have not been re...