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Posted: Jul 31 2016 (17:10)
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Last Response: Jul 31 2016 (21:15)
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Last Response: Jul 31 2016 (21:15)
Jul 31 2016 (17:10) 12678/Ernakulam - KSR Bengaluru InterCity SF Express | ETMD/Ettimadai (2 PFs) | ED/WAP-4/22696
Muthu_CBE~
Muthu_CBE~ 1728 blog posts
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Is even 65 kmph safe in an elephant corridor?
If supposedly an elephant decides to jump tracks, how far much a 24 coached train be, to able to stop safely, in time?
If supposedly an elephant decides to jump tracks, how far much a 24 coached train be, to able to stop safely, in time?
Same here. Used to read about all these ghats (Bhorghat, Thalghat, Palghat etc) in my school days Geography.
Even with 65kmph, they have killed 3 elephants in this month by three accidents. They are overspeeding the actual limit to maintain schedule.
Forest department demanding to slow down to 30kmph.
40 is good enough to stop the train after spotting
Forest department demanding to slow down to 30kmph.
40 is good enough to stop the train after spotting
I believe that hitting a 5 tonne elephant might also not be good enough for the locomotive too, even though it weighs around 120 tonnes (WAP-4 or a WAP-7 considered here). That is a lot of momentum!
Anyway killing an highly sentient, intelligent and an endangered species must be avoided at all costs!
After all the Earth is not just ours, it is we who traversed into their territory, laid tracks for our benefits.....
Anyway killing an highly sentient, intelligent and an endangered species must be avoided at all costs!
After all the Earth is not just ours, it is we who traversed into their territory, laid tracks for our benefits.....
Lets see how they move / take steps for this. For the first time here they have filed FIR yesterday upon loco pilot for hiting a elephant