New Delhi, July 28 -- A total of 81 elephants have died because of train collisions in various states between 2019-20 and 2023-24, Lok Sabha was informed today.
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh said in a written reply in Lok Sabha that his Ministry, in coordination with the Ministry of Railways, had taken several measures to prevent elephant casualties on railway tracks.
Speed restrictions in elephant habitats, pilot projects like seismic sensor-based elephant detection, construction of underpasses, ramps, fencing, have been undertaken at various locations.
The Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, in consultation with the Ministry of Environment Forest, and Climate Change and other...