JALPAIGURI: An adult
elephant
was seriously injured after being hit by a Dhubri-bound passenger
train
near
Banerhat
,
Jalpaiguri
in the Dooars on Friday morning.
The elephant that was dragged for 30 metres before it got under the
engine
and the train came to a halt. The engine of the train was damaged due to the impact of the collision. Train movement was suspended in the area for the day.
All the NGOs have repeatedly requested the railways to stop running trains on the
tracks
and shift them on the parallel tracks passing through Jalpaiguri and Falakata. But their all appeals have fallen on deaf ears.
“Unfortunately, the people concerned are not interested in sorting out the problem. Similar incidents are happening but the railways have been indifferent to the issue,” said Sankar Roy, a passenger. Since the conversion of the NJP – Alipurduar Junction tracks into broad gauge in 2004, speeding trains have killed over 65 elephants.
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