PRAYAGRAJ Incidents of cattle run-overs continue to rise despite wide-ranging efforts from railway officials. Records show that in the North Central Railway (NCR) area itself, over 18 incidents of cattle run-overs take place every day on average.
Between 2019 and 2022, a total of 27,405 incidents took place in the division, affecting the movement of 6,958 trains. Data shows that a total of 6,832 incidents of cattle run-overs took place in 2022, 7,586 in 2021, 5,497 in 2020, and 7,480 incidents in 2019, said NCR officials.
Be it Delhi-Howrah or Delhi-Mumbai routes, incidents of cattle being hit by trains are being reported daily despite several awareness drives being carried out by the railways along the entire route, the NCR area in particular.
