What’s causing Elephant deaths on rail tracks? CAG’s scathing report enlists reasons

Indian Railways and forest departments did not give priority to construction of underpass and overpass across several tracks facilitating the movement of elephants, leading to casualties, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has stated in a report tabled in Lok Sabha. The CAG said the audit, which was carried out during the period 2018-19, observed that precautionary measures such as restriction of speed were not being enforced in the notified elephant passages. The audit report of the CAG was tabled in Lok Sabha on Monday, a PTI report said. It further mentioned that audit analysis of identified passages and elephant deaths on rail track revealed that more elephant casualties were reported in those locations which were identified as elephant passages.