Wild elephant killed after being hit by goods train in Assam’s Kamrup
India Today
One wild elephant was killed after being hit by a goods train between Azara and Mirza stations in Assam’s Kamrup district on Wednesday night.
One wild elephant was killed after being hit by a goods train between Azara and Mirza stations in Assam’s Kamrup district on Wednesday night.
According to the NF Railway, the driver of the goods train (DN BCN E/S, Loco No. 70090) reported side collision by an elephant with the train engine while on run at about 2:55 am on Thursday.
“After getting dashed, elephant fell down on track. Track clearance was given by SSE/P-Way/Mirza at 05:20 hours with normal speed after removal of elephant from track and the goods train left from site toward Azara. Due to this incident, train No. 13247 DN (Kamakhya Rajendra Nagar Terminal express) suffered detention for 20 minutes; train No. 22501 UP (New Tinsukia KSR Bengaluru SF express) controlled at New Bongaigaon and delayed about one hour. Some other goods trains passing through this section at that time were also got delayed,” NF Railway CPRO Guneet Kaur said.
The area where the incident occurred is not a forest declared elephant corridor.
The NF Railway CPRO said the nodal railway officials had received no information from forest officials or villagers on the movement of the elephants in the area.
“As a preventive measure, forest department and railways have dedicated representatives from both sides at the railway’s divisional 24 hours working control office, but no information regarding movement of elephant was available with the forest official available at control as well. After the incident, information was given by railway officials to the forest department,” Guneet Kaur said.
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