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NEW DELHI: The decease of astatine slightest 7 elephants aft being deed by a high-speed rider bid successful Assam connected Saturday has taken the toll of specified fatalities since 2019-20 to 94. This was the 4th specified mishap this year.
The past 2 accidents were reported from Jalpaiguri successful West Bengal, sources said, adding that the information of elephants remains a interest connected obstruction corridors passing done wood areas.Railway officials said that portion respective initiatives person been taken to forestall specified mishaps, including usage of AI-powered Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), sensors, thermal cameras and eco-friendly buzzers, successful summation to operation of underpasses, fencing and vegetation clearance, determination is intelligibly a request to bash more.In the Monsoon league of the Parliament, the govt had informed Lok Sabha that 81 elephants had been killed aft being deed by trains betwixt 2019-20 and 2023-24. The cardinal govt had besides listed the interventions undertaken astatine assorted places to forestall specified accidents.The govt had besides said that a broad study titled "Suggested Measures to Mitigate Elephant and Other Wildlife Train Collisions connected Vulnerable Railway Stretches successful India" has been prepared aft tract surveys crossed 127 identified railway stretches spanning 3,452.4 km.
"Based connected the strength of wildlife movement, 77 railway stretches covering 1,965.2 km crossed 14 states person been prioritised for mitigation on with site-specific interventions," it had said.The study containing details of identified stretches and the mitigation measures has besides been shared with states & railway ministry for action.
