Report on elephant deaths on railway lines submitted, says Union Minister
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Panel has made recommendations for preventing such incidents, Bhupender Yadav tells Pollachi MP Shanmugasundaram
The committee tasked by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to study deaths of wild elephants on railway tracks near Coimbatore submitted its report in September 2021, said Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav in a letter to Pollachi MP K. Shanmugasundaram.
The committee's report has suggested recommendations to the Railways, State Forest Departments (SFDs) of Tamil Nadu and Kerala to prevent death of elephants due to train hits. The report has been circulated to the SFDs, Railways and other stakeholders to take measures to prevent death of elephants, the Minister's letter said.
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