Wall at Hillgrove station in Nilgiris district demolished to restore elephant pathway
The Hindu
Videos of a herd of elephants, being unable to cross the station to go into a surrounding forest due to the wall, were widely shared on social media this week
The Southern Railway demolished a retaining wall at the Hillgrove station in Nilgiris district on Thursday, which was hindering elephant movement.
Videos of a herd of elephants being unable to cross the station and into a surrounding reserve forest due to the construction of a newly-built wall at Hillgrove, were shared widely on social media and mobile messaging applications. Additional chief secretary to the State government, Supriya Sahu, had tweeted the video of the elephants and had appealed to the Ministry of Railways to take steps to restore the elephant pathways.
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