Elephant Deaths: Blame Game On, Railways Defensive

But last Thursday's Jalpaiguri tragedy in which seven elephants died after being hit by a train is one of the worst cases. (See Pictures)

"The Railways are sorry for what happened. We plan to work strategically with the forest department to avoid such incidents in future. The train was not passing through any elephant corridor defined by forest department. We have given direction about speed limit and the kind of caution which has to be followed when passing through such areas," said Anil Saxena, Director (PR) Railways. Read the full report here.

Source: NDTV Correspondent, NDTV, Deepor Beel, Assam.