BHUBANESWAR:
Condemning the death of six elephants by train accident in Ganjam, the People
for Animals (PFA), India’s largest animal welfare organisation, staged demonstration here on
Monday protesting the callousness of the Government bodies to protect the
heritage animal. Later, they handed over a letter regarding the incident to the
Chief Minister, Forest and Environment Minister,
Forest Secretary and PCCF Wildlife.
PFA secretary Jiban Ballav Das
said that death of the elephants is a great loss for the State and also threat to
the elephant population. Though the State and Centre claim that they are taking
initiative to save the elephants, the repeated death of elephants in our State
shows the callousness of the forest department, railway and power distribution
companies, he added.
“Still now, nobody is taking responsible
for such fatal incident,” Das said, adding, “No action has been taken so far
against anybody except mudslinging between the concerned departments.”
PFA condemned the incident which
never happened in the State before. The organisation demanded action against the
people those who are responsible for the death as per wildlife Protection Act. “Disciplinary
action should also be taken against the forest staff engaged in that areas for
the negligence of their duty for which the innocent elephants died,” said the
members.
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