Officials suggest measures to prevent train-elephant collisions
The Hindu
They include increasing number of field trackers and using of night vision binoculars
A joint meeting of officials from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and Palghat Division of the Southern Railway held on Tuesday came out with a list of measures to avert elephants being hit by trains on the two railway lines connecting Tamil Nadu and Kerala via Walayar.
Increasing number of field trackers, use of night visions binoculars, drones equipped with thermal sensor and random travel by the Forest Department staff in the locomotives with the consent of Railways were among measures proposed at the meeting.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden Shekhar Kumar Niraj said the meeting was held at Top Slip in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve.
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