An adult male elephant was Friday mowed down by a train in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district of India.
“The incident happened Friday morning. There is a need to further restrict the speed limit of the trains on the Siliguri-Alipurduar stretch. We are discussing on lowering the speed limit to below 25 km,” said Chief Wildlife Warden N.C.Bahuguna.
Since 2004, when the tracks on the 163-km long Siliguri-Alipurduar route were converted to broad gauge, speeding trains have mowed nearly 40 elephants.
Following the spate of mowing down incidents, in 2010 the speed of the trains was been restricted to 50 km.
The railway lines on the stretch pass through five forests-Buxa, Jaldapara, Gorumara, Chapramari and Mahananda.
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