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Posted: Mar 06 2013 (14:07)
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Last Response: Sep 15 2013 (21:36)
66 Responses
Last Response: Sep 15 2013 (21:36)
Mar 06 2013 (14:07) 22450/New Delhi - Guwahati Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express (PT) | DPO/Damanpur
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These tragic photos show the body of a tusker elephant who died today when he was hit by a speeding train
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These tragic photos show the body of a tusker elephant who died today when he was hit by a speeding train
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no no check gmaps...moraghat is the T.E. b/w Banarhat & Diana River before the Chapramari Reserve forest...b/w BNV BNQ its not an Elephant zone at all...NH 31 also runs parrallely very close to Rly Tracks
well nt that old........and i remember the incident.....moraghat t.e lies betwn BNV and BNQ.....
actually the track repairing took a long days as all the sleepers had to be replaced..I remember we were travelling in Intercity from APDJ to SGUT & there was a 10 kmph speed restriction whole throughout BNV-BNQ it took 45 mts to travel those 6.65 km..that was the supermost crawling experience I ever had in IR...to add to the woes while returning we were stopped @ Carron for 40 mts for a crossing...we reached APDJ @ 23:25...that was the highest possible delay at that point of time...Intercity always reached APDJ @ 21:05..but now-a-days after extension to Balurghat & thanks to Elephants reaching @ 01:30 in the night has also become quite common...
(1) I find you have used Damanpur station (DPO). I do not find the station/code on indianrail.gov.in - could you plz throw some light. I'm particularly interested because this station, which was located bit north of APDJ and presumably a defunct station now, was indeed a station in pre-partition days (Bradshaw).
(3) A mild comment connected with the said blog #686866: I think such unfortunate incidents mostly occur between Rajabhatkhawa and Kalchini/Hasimara. Damanpur was a station bit north of present day APDJ, between APDJ and Rajabhatkhawa which is not the usual "elephant corridor". The usual corridor starts almost from the Hasimara/north end of Rajabhatkhawa platform till Kalchini/Hasimara. Two years back in December, when we were spending a week long winter vacation with...
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(3) A mild comment connected with the said blog #686866: I think such unfortunate incidents mostly occur between Rajabhatkhawa and Kalchini/Hasimara. Damanpur was a station bit north of present day APDJ, between APDJ and Rajabhatkhawa which is not the usual "elephant corridor". The usual corridor starts almost from the Hasimara/north end of Rajabhatkhawa platform till Kalchini/Hasimara. Two years back in December, when we were spending a week long winter vacation with...
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