Key Highlights
- Yadav also said all States have been asked to monitor elephant movement along the railway tracks.
- Speaking to reporters after a meeting on Project Elephant and the National Tiger Conservation Authority in the Sundarbans of West Bengal, Mr.
- Yadav said, "The railway authorities have been directed to coordinate with the forest departments of States on elephant movement along the tracks.
- A report on elephant deaths in Assam has been sought." He said coordination between train drivers and forest officials is essential.
- Eight elephants were killed after a herd of jumbos was hit by the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam's Hojai district early on Saturday (December 20).
