Sound Of Bees To Keep Elephants Off Rail Tracks Creating A Buzz

Guwahati: The sound of honeybees downloaded from the internet to keep elephants away from railway tracks has created quite a buzz after the novel idea introduced by the Northeast Frontier Railway or NFR brought down the number of accidents.

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has this system in place across four of its divisions at select level crossings where elephant zones exist.

The idea was implemented in late 2017 and this year only six elephants have died after colliding with a train. In 2013, the number of elephants killed was 19, in 2014 it was 5, in 2015, it was 12, in 2016, it was 9, while in 2017, it was 10.

"We installed this in Rangiya division and once it was successful we have installed it in other locations as well. This was started barely six months back," said Lokesh Narayan, Additional General Manager, NFR.

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