TNI Bureau: A disturbing video of an elephant, hit by a train in West Bengal jungle left people over Social Media completely devastated.
Aditya Panda who is working for Wildlife conservation took to Twitter and shared a video where the engine of the Siliguri-Dhubri Intercity Express train hit an elephant that was trying to cross the tracks in the jungle. The elephant later tried to drag itself out of the way of the rail track.
Though the local Forest Department reached the spot on time, there is little chance of of his survival, said Panda.
In India, railway lines are laid cross elephant habitats in several States. That resulted in more elephant deaths.
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The main concern is to preserve the habitats of wildlife and protect natural ecosystems and wild populations. We need to reduce construction of roads and railway tracks in wildlife habitat and preserve Wildlife.
If you're shocked by this video, you need to know that this happens almost every other day somewhere in India. This is what endless growth based development looks like. We can't keep building infrastructure everywhere. Humans are earth's greatest pathogen, worst invasive species. pic.twitter.com/HxR7L7v40H
— Aditya Panda (@AdityaPanda) September 28, 2019
Tragic. I was with DFO Gorumara yesterday. All I can say is the FD team reached location on time, area was cordoned, provided medical help to him. 4 khunkis were also moved for support. We don't know about internal injury. A team stayed near him in night also. Hope for best. https://t.co/U3OIbRaaKp
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) September 28, 2019
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