Centre, Railways join forces to stop wildlife-train deaths

The Environment Ministry and Railways have identified 110 sensitive stretches across elephant ranges and 17 additional stretches in two tiger-range States, to prevent wildlife-train collisions, officials said on Thursday. Several technology-based solutions are also being tested to prevent such collisions, they said. Comprehensive joint field surveys, conducted by teams from Project Elephant, Wildlife Institute of India (WII), State Forest departments and Indian Railways, evaluated site-specific ecological conditions and proposed targeted mitigation measures tailored to each location.