Meerut, Aug. 7 -- In a major move for wildlife conservation and railway modernisation, Indian Railways, in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), will build natural-looking animal overpasses in the Rajaji National Park area along the Haridwar-Dehradun rail section. These structures aim to provide safe passage for elephants, helping prevent collisions, a persistent issue, in this ecologically sensitive corridor.
Data shared by the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) in the Lok Sabha on July 28 in response to a query, shows that 81 elephants were killed in train collisions across India between 2019-20 and 2023-24.
According to railway officials, the initiative comes ahead of a planned upgra...
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