Loco pilots apply emergency brakes to save elephant walking close to railway track. Viral video

Loco pilots saved the life of an elephant standing close to a railway track by applying brakes on time. The video was shared on the official Twitter account of Alipurduar Division, NF Railway.

It is always disheartening as well as heart-wrenching to come across news where we hear of an elephant or two losing their lives while crossing the railway tracks. These news are indeed upsetting, but this ends up happening often. However, a video that has now gone viral on social media features an elephant walking adjacent to the railway tracks who was saved by two loco pilots. While working 03150Dn KanchanKanya Exp spl at 17.45 hrs today, Alert LP Sri D.Dorai & ALP Sri P. Kumar noticed One Tusker adjacent to track at KM 72/1 between Nagrakata-Chalsa & applied Emergency brake to control the train & save it. @RailNf@RailMinIndia @wti_org_india pic.twitter.com/TVyXt8HY9H Excellent & many wishes to the entire team especially pilot who took the immediate response That's a commendable job. Thanks a lot. I am from Alipurduar so I still remember the accident where many elephants died. Actually, it was happing quite often then. But now the situation has completely changed. Great Job Sir U deserve this pic.twitter.com/WcxP7ubfnL Thank you, thank you Great to know about it How, you may ask? Well, the loco pilots noticed the tusker walking close to the railway tracks and applied brakes on time which actually saved its life. In the video that has now gone viral on social media, the elephant can be seen moving away from the tracks and entering the jungle as the train continues to move forward. The incident took place between Nagrakata-Chalsa (West Bengal).