Three elephants, one adult female and two calves, were run over by a parcel train in North Bengal's Buxa Forest Reserve around 7 am on Monday, November 27. The horrifying accident took place near the Shikhari Gate between Rajabhatkhawa and Kalchini railway stations.
Sound of honey bees used to ward off elephants at LC no 171 located in Chaparamari forest of north Bengal. Conservation of nature has always been a concern @RailMinIndia pic.twitter.com/B17EiiMhfa
The other methods in place to keep wild animals from dying on rail tracks involve
The NFR also has laser speed radar guns to detect overspeeding in elephant zones.
Earlier this year, the Northeast Frontier Railway also introduced an Articial Intelligence-based surveillance system in elephant corridors to prevent elephant deaths.
However, incidents of elephants dying on the rail tracks are still too common in the elephant corridors in the Northeast Frontier Railway zone despite many being saved due to railway initiatives and alert railway personnel.
Incidentally, or perhaps ironically, the Rail Ministry mascot is an elephant called Bholu.