After a tiger died on being run over by a passenger train on the Gondia-Chandrapur track on April 14, the ministry of environment and forests (MOEF) has said that it has been decided to restrict the speed of trains to 40 kmph on this route. However, the railways say that the drivers will take extra care to spot wildlife movement and react, though the trains would travel at the regular speed. A tiger being hit by a train is considered a rarest of rare incident, and the first one in this area. Normally, elephants are prone to be involved in train mishaps. But forest department sources say they are not taking any chances.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:19:47 +0000
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