Uttarakhand forest department officials booked a loco pilot for the death of two elephants in a train hit incident on Wednesday. 

“We have booked loco pilot of the train for the death of two elephants on Wednesday. We will ensure such incidents don’t happen in the future,” said Dhurb Singh Martolia, sub-divisional officer, Terai-central forest division in Kumaon. A female elephant and a kid elephant were killed. 

The forest department has booked Vijay Chand, loco pilot of the train under Wildlife Protection Act, Martolia said.

He said joint patrol will be conducted by forest and railway officials at night to avoid such incidents in the future. “Besides this, the forest department has received a letter from divisional railway manager (DRM), Bareilly about the fixation of the speed limit of the train plying in the region,” he said.

Martolia said, “Joint patrolling of forest and railway officials will be conducted at night to avoid such incidents. Besides this, trains will ply at the speed of 30-km/hour at night and 50 km/hour during the day.”

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