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Posted: Dec 14 2013 (08:15)
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Save elephants, SC tells rlys
‘Slow Night Trains Can Stop Deaths’
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Dhananjay Mahapatra TNN
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‘Slow Night Trains Can Stop Deaths’
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Dhananjay Mahapatra TNN
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So, if you are a nature lover, then you would not complain at all. A bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and A K Sikri ordered: “Necessary steps should be taken by the railways all over the country to reduce the speed limit of running trains that are passing through dense forests.”
This order came on a petition filed by Shakti Prasad Nayak, who had provided year-wise data of elephant mortality on railway tracks, and had sought remedial measures after the January 5 incident when a herd of elephants were mowed down by a train.
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This order came on a petition filed by Shakti Prasad Nayak, who had provided year-wise data of elephant mortality on railway tracks, and had sought remedial measures after the January 5 incident when a herd of elephants were mowed down by a train.
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“Considering the importance of the matter and in order to examine the steps taken in the state of West Bengal and all over the country, we direct the personal presence of the Secretary, ministry of environment and forest, and one senior official of the railway, equivalent to the rank of Secretary, who are well conversant with these matters, in this court on January 21, 2014,” the SC said.
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