Railways to fence tracks to avoid cattle hits

The Railways has decided to construct fencing on the lines of NHAI crash barriers on the national highways, at key points on the route of Ahmedabad-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express which courted controversies after hitting cattle multiple times and running over a person.

Similarly, oil-coated bamboos will be used to make cattle barriers along the tracks in the Ghaziabad-Kanpur section in UP, which sees the largest number of cattle run over by trains.

The Railways has written to the Western Railway to construct the fencing at encroachment-prone areas along the 400-km Vande Bharat route.