ELEPHANT HAS RIGHT TO WAY DO NOT OBSTRUCT ..
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A herd of elephants was crossing the railway track inside the sanctuary .
"Environmentalists have repeatedly requested the Railways and all concerned departments to stop movement of trains on this track at night and shift those on the parallel track that passes through Jalpaiguri, Falakata. But our appeals have fallen on deaf ears. If...
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the trains are made to run on railway track parallel to this line, the damage would minimize. But the Railways simply would not do that," said Animesh Basu, coordinator of Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation.
Time and again, different organizations have asked the Railways to double the line (that passes through Jalpaiguri and Falakata) to minimize traffic on the Dooars track. But nothing has been done till now.
"Indian Railways would kill elephants but not pass the trains through the parallel track. And the most tragic part of this is that political parties are very much indifferent to the issue as the victims are not voters," Basu said.
The rail track through the Dooars might have proved a boon for the residents of the area, but it has turned to be a curse for the wild lives.
When this track through Dooars was converted into a broad gauge one from meter gauge in 2002, nature lovers had even then protested against the move of the railway department.
The WWF had also filed a case at Calcutta high court. But the project could not be stopped. The court had given the permission for the gauge conversion and had asked the railway department to follow certain directives so that the line did not prove fatal for the animals. But it is more than evident that the norms have remained only on papers and all rules are being flouted at will.
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সারা পৃথিবীতে একমাত্র বোধ করি আমাদের ডুয়ার্সেই আছে এমন দৃশ্য চাক্ষুষ করার। একদিকে ঘন গভীর রিজার্ভ ফরেস্ট, তারই মাঝে বয়ে চলা নুড়ি-বালি পাথর বুকে নিয়ে বয়ে চলা দুই অক্ষরের, তিন অক্ষরের মিষ্টি নামের পাহাড়ি নদি। যত ভারী নাম ততই সেই নদির গভীরতা, জলের স্রোতের তীব্রতা।........অন্যদিকে পাশে পাশেই প্রকৃতির সাজানো বাগানের মত চা-বাগানের সবুজ গালিচা। ছোট্ট ছোট্ট জনপদ- শান্ত, স্নিগ্ধ। এরই মাঝে অবাধ বিচরণ প্রকৃতির সন্তানদের। কখনও সে হাতির দেহে, কখন বাঘের, কখনও বাইসন গণ্ডারের , নানা জাতের হরিণের আকৃতিতে। ............ ছবিটা এতটাই জীবন্ত যে মনে হয় আমার সাড়া পেলে ঘাড় ঘুরিয়ে ফিরে তাকাবে।
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