With elephants continuing to perish after being hit by trains, railway engineers have suggested multi-pronged strategy to minimise the casualties.
At a day-long fifth annual general meeting and safety seminar of the East Coast Railway Engineers’ Association (ECREA) here on Sunday, its members expressed concern over elephant deaths on railway tracks.
“Night vision cameras can be installed on locomotives to detect the movement of elephants or other animals within the range of one km to minimise the deaths. The instruments have night and day vision capability that allows them to operate in very poor lighting conditions,” said Gopal Chandra Nayak, secretary (headquarter) of ECoREA. Mr. Nayak said it was essential to obtain detail information on the movement of elephants and seasonal dispersal patterns in order to protect and manage elephant population effectively.
“Introduction of ‘go slow zones’ can be thought of. In many cases, including some the accidents this year, accidents have happened because the trains are in high speed. Go slow zones in accident-prone areas can be introduced with warning signs to alert the drivers,” he suggested adding that there were limitations in the measures as it would affect running of trains.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/railway-engineers-suggest-steps-to-minimise-elephant-deaths/article4688132.ece
At a day-long fifth annual general meeting and safety seminar of the East Coast Railway Engineers’ Association (ECREA) here on Sunday, its members expressed concern over elephant deaths on railway tracks.
“Night vision cameras can be installed on locomotives to detect the movement of elephants or other animals within the range of one km to minimise the deaths. The instruments have night and day vision capability that allows them to operate in very poor lighting conditions,” said Gopal Chandra Nayak, secretary (headquarter) of ECoREA. Mr. Nayak said it was essential to obtain detail information on the movement of elephants and seasonal dispersal patterns in order to protect and manage elephant population effectively.
“Introduction of ‘go slow zones’ can be thought of. In many cases, including some the accidents this year, accidents have happened because the trains are in high speed. Go slow zones in accident-prone areas can be introduced with warning signs to alert the drivers,” he suggested adding that there were limitations in the measures as it would affect running of trains.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/railway-engineers-suggest-steps-to-minimise-elephant-deaths/article4688132.ece
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