Elephant deaths: PIL filed in Gauhati High Court

Two wildlife photographers from Guwahati have filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in Gauhati High Court asking it to direct the Assam forest department, the Union ministry of forest and environment and the Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) to check the death of elephants.

In the PIL, petitioners Jugal Bharali and Rasel Hussain appealed to the court to direct all the three to have a detailed time-bound working plan for the protection of elephants from being hit by trains in the state, The Telegraph reported. They said at least 35 elephants were killed by speeding trains in Assam between 1990 and 2006 and a similar number had died in the past two months.

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