{"id":35070,"date":"2014-09-03T14:23:49","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T08:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35070"},"modified":"2014-09-03T14:23:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T08:53:49","slug":"dont-sterilize-elephants-avoid-train-elephant-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dont-sterilize-elephants-avoid-train-elephant-accidents","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t sterilize elephants to avoid train-elephant accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font: 15px\/22.5px Arial; text-align: justify; color: #303235; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.33px; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">The Supreme Court Tuesday took serious view of a report that said the West Bengal government had decided to take &#8220;regressive&#8221; steps to reduce the elephant population by introducing contraceptives\/sterilization to avoid train-elephant accidents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/22.5px Arial; 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The secretary, MOEF shall file an affidavit on the aspects that we have mentioned today, clearly indicating what steps the MOEF has taken in this regard so far,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/22.5px Arial; text-align: justify; color: #303235; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.33px; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Taking on record different suggestions for protecting elephants and other wildlife coming in the course of the hearing, the court modified its Dec 10, 2013, order to permit movement of goods train at night on 168 km stretch between Siliguri and Alipurduar to facilitate supply of essential goods to seven northeastern states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/22.5px Arial; text-align: justify; color: #303235; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.33px; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">However, the court said that the &#8220;trains shall move at the speed of 25 km per hour, as suggested by the MoEF vide letter dated Oct 17, 2007 in four identified sanctuaries so that the accidents do not occur&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/22.5px Arial; text-align: justify; color: #303235; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.33px; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">&#8220;We hasten to add that aforesaid suggestions are required to be considered by the MoEF, as the singular purpose is to avoid deaths of elephants in railway accidents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/22.5px Arial; text-align: justify; color: #303235; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: 1.33px; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">&#8220;Be it stated, the depleting rate of elephants in the country has been a concern of everyone who has interest in the environment. 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