A female elephant aged about four years was killed on Wednesday evening after being hit by a goods train near the Pattasahi railway station under the K Balang police limits in Sundargarh district.
While post-mortem has been conducted on the body, the district’s Banki Forest Ranger has written to the Station master of Bimlagargh railway station to ensure that the trains move slowly on this route as many elephants are moving in this area.
According to sources, a herd of 12 elephants was crossing the railway track at around 7 pm on Wednesday evening when the mishap occurred. While 11 elephants could cross the track, a female one was hit by a goods train, which was on its way from Bimalagarh to Patasahi. The jumbo died on the spot.
“I have requested the Station Master of the Bimlagarh railway station to ensure that trains go slow on the route so that such type of incident will not occur in future,” said Forest Range Officer S Singh.