बंडामुंडा में हाथियों का झुंड रेलवे ट्रैक पर जमा, दस घंटे तक ट्रेनों का परिचालन रहा ठपOn Sunday evening around 7 PM, a herd of elephants entered the railway track and nearby areas near Bandamunda A Cabin in the Chakradharpur Railway Division, disrupting train operations on the Howrah-Mumbai main line for almost 10 hours. Several trains, including the Gitanjali Express, were stranded at various stations within the...
more... division, causing significant inconvenience to passengers. The incident occurred when the herd of 23 elephants descended from Chirubeda hill in Saranda and reached the railway track. Upon noticing the elephants, the Chakradharpur Railway Division halted train operations. The Forest Department team reached the spot and drove the elephants back into the forest. Train operations resumed at around 11:30 PM with a speed limit of 10 km/h. However, the elephants returned to the track, forcing the railway to halt operations again until morning. Train operations resumed at 5 AM after the elephants left. The railway has imposed a speed limit of 10 km/h on the track where the elephants were sighted. On October 15th, a young elephant was killed by a goods train near Bandamunda A Cabin, and another calf was severely injured and sent to Nandankanan for treatment. It is believed that the elephants are returning to the railway track in search of their calf.
Sunday ke shaam 7 baje ke aas-paas, Chakradharpur Railway Division ke Bandamunda A Cabin ke paas, railway track aur aas-paas ke ilakon mein haathiyon ka jhund aa gaya, jiski wajah se Howrah-Mumbai main line par almost 10 ghante tak trainon ka chalana band raha. Is wajah se, Gitanjali Express sahit kai...
more... important trains, mandals ke alag-alag stations par raat bhar khade rahi, isse passengers ko kaafi pareshani hui. Yeh ghatna tab hui jab 23 haathiyon ka jhund Saranda ke Chirubeda pahad se utar kar Bandamunda A Cabin ke paas railway track par pahunch gaya. Haathiyon ke track par pahunchne par, Chakradharpur Railway Division ne trainon ka chalana band kar diya. Information milne par, van vibhag ki team makaan par pahunchi aur haathiyon ke jhund ko jungle ki taraf bhagaya. Iske baad, railway ne almost 11:30 baje raat mein 10 kilometer ki speed se horn bajate hue train chalane ki permission di. Phir bhi, haathiyon ka jhund railway track par laut aaya, jisse railway ko trainon ka chalana fir se band karna pada aur subah hone ka intezaar karna pada. Subah 5 baje haathiyon ka jhund jungle mein chala gaya. Subah 5 baje se trainon ka chalana shuru hua aur in trains ko unke destination ki taraf bheja gaya. Jahaan haathiyon ka jhund aaya tha, railway ne wahaan train ki speed control kar di hai aur 10 kilometer ki speed se train chalane ka aadesh jaari kiya hai. 15 October ko, Bandamunda A Cabin ke paas railway track par haathiyon ka jhund aa gaya tha, jismein ek haathi ka bachcha malgadi ki chapet mein aa gaya tha, jisse uski maut wahi par ho gayi thi. Dusra haathi ka bachcha bahut ghayal ho gaya tha, jise van vibhag ne Nandankanan mein ilaaj ke liye bheja tha. Is haadse mein ek aur haathi ghayal ho gaya tha, lekin baad mein woh jhund ke saath jungle mein chala gaya tha. Local logo ka kehna hai ki postmortem ke baad, van vibhag ne haathi ke bachche ko railway track ke paas jungle mein dafna diya tha. Is ghatna ke baad se, haathiyon ka jhund bar bar apne bachche ki talash mein railway track ki taraf aa raha hai.