A young elephant, eight months old, was killed when it was hit by a goods train in the Bandamunda area of Chakradharpur Rail Division. Two other elephants, including a young one, were injured in the incident. The accident occurred around 9:44 PM on Monday, halting train operations for five hours. The...
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train driver's assistant was briefly detained by the forest department but later released after questioning. The incident happened as a herd of 23 elephants was crossing the railway track, and one of them got hit by a goods train called 'N Box'. The forest department sent the injured elephants to a safe location in the Sagwan forest for treatment. Several trains were delayed due to the train stoppage, including the Samaleswari Express. The forest department had informed the railway authorities about the elephants in the area for the past three-four days, but no concrete steps were taken, according to the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO). The Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Sr. DCM) stated that several measures have been taken to prevent elephants from entering the railway tracks, including iron barricading and speed control in elephant zones.

A baby elephant from a herd of 23 elephants was killed by a train near Bandamunda A Cabin in Chakradharpur. The incident disrupted train services in the Chakradharpur Railway Division for approximately three hours. Several trains, including the 18006 Down Koraput Howrah Samaleswari Express, 22905 Okha Howrah Express, 18190 Ernakulam Tatanagar...
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Express, 18114 Bilaspur Tatanagar Express, 12811 Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Hatia Express, 13352 Alleppey Dhanbad Express, 02896 Puri Shalimar Weekly Superfast Express, 02831 Dhanbad to Bhubaneswar Express, 18030 Shalimar to Mumbai Express, 18113 Tatanagar Bilaspur, 08149 Hatia Rourkela Passenger, 12810 Howrah Mumbai Mail, and 18102 Gyaneshwari Express Jammu Tawi Tatanagar Express were delayed for a considerable time due to the incident.

Due to bridge renovations between Mannanur and Ottappalam in the Palakkad division, two express trains from Kerala have been rescheduled. Train No 13352 Alappuzha – Dhanbad Express, originally scheduled to depart Alappuzha at 6 am on October 8th, will now leave at 8:45 am (a delay of 2 hours and 45...
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minutes). Train No 18190 Ernakulam Junction – Tatanagar Express, originally scheduled to depart Ernakulam at 7:15 am on October 8th, will now leave at 9:30 am (a delay of 2 hours and 15 minutes).