Judges inspect railway track to prevent elephant deaths

A team of Madras High Court judges on Sunday inspected the track between Podanur to Walayar to assess the measures initiated by the railways and forest department to prevent the death of wild elephants by train hit incidents.

Justices R Subramanian, N Sathish Kumar, G K Ilanthiraiyan, V Bharathidasan, M Dhandapani, and R Pongiappan travelled in a ‘tower wagon’ to inspect the spots, where wild elephants were run over by trains.

They sought to know the effectiveness of solar lights erected along the tracks, the functioning of honey bee alarms to scare away wild elephants, setting up of ramps, and clearing of bushes to pave way for elephants to cross over the tracks easily.

Along the stretch, bushes have been cleared paving way for elephants to cross over the tracks easily.