Assam : Speeding passenger train hits elephants, kills three, including a calf
The incident took place at Patiapam near Kampur in middle Assam.
Local villagers found the bodies of the pachyderms on Saturday morning.
According to reports, a Dibrugarh- bound train hit the three wild elephants while a herd was crossing the railway tracks.
This is the third incident in the past two weeks in which elephants have been killed by speeding trains.
A top official of Assam forest department said, at least 11 elephants have been killed in the state in recent incidents.
Last week, three elephants died in the Jogijan area of Hojai district when the Dibrugarh- bound Vivek Express hit them.
Meanwhile, Assam forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma urged the Railway ministry to take appropriate measures to protect wild animals.
According to official figures, over 300 wild elephants have killed in the north eastern Indian state in different mishaps in the past eight years.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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