BRAHMAPUR: A wild bear was killed
and a cub got critically injured when a speeding train hit them at Kantapada, 40
km from here, under Rambha police station in Ganjam district on Saturday night.
The incident happened near Subalaya where six elephants were mowed down by the
Chennai-bound Coromandel Super Fast Express on December 30.
According to the forest officials,
the incident happened while the animals were crossing the railway line. The
officials have sent carcasses of the animals for autopsy.
Recently, Forest Department and
Railway had an altercation over the death of six elephants near Subalaya in the
district. Even Minister of Union Forest and Environment Minister Jayanthi
Natrajan and the State Government had written letter to the Railway Minister to
reduce the speed limit of trains at the elephant crossing zone in the
vulnerable areas in the State.
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