Watch: Walls Demolished Along Railway Lines To Help Elephants Pass Through

Elephants at a patch in the Nilgiris can now have a passage through the railway tracks without being stopped by gigantic walls on their path. Thanks to the efforts of IAS officer Supriya Sahu and many others. On February 2, Ms Sahu had tweeted about a grave problem faced by elephants in the forest. She had shared a video where we see a herd of elephants and elephant calves trying to cross the railway lines to go from one end of the forest to the other. But sadly, their path is obstructed by huge concrete walls lined along the other side of the tracks. The herd stops for a while and decides to find its way to the other side by walking along the dangerous train tracks. Posting the video, Ms Sahu had tagged the Ministry of Railways' official Twitter handle. Today, she shared a clip where we see the obstructing walls being demolished. The IAS officer captioned it, "When we work together we come out with solutions. The wall is being demolished. Great teamwork."

When we work together we come out with solutions ????The wall is being demolished Great team work #TNForest and @RailMinIndia ????#savewildlife #elephants https://t.co/5ySBm4MX4g pic.twitter.com/J8QNKBZsSj

— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) February 3, 2022

In her earlier post, she had written, "Distressing to see that this herd of elephants had to negotiate their way through a danger-filled railway track. Need to have a mandatory SOP for all infra agencies towards sensitive wildlife-friendly design and execution."  Take a look at the video, which has clocked more than 90K views. 

Distressing to see that this herd of elephants had to negotiate their way through danger filled railway track. Need to have a mandatory SOP for all infra agencies towads sensitive wildlife friendly design & execution #savewildlife @RailMinIndia #elephants #Nilgiris pic.twitter.com/tSiKk3aTXS

— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) February 2, 2022

Netizens showed a mixed reaction towards the demolition of the walls. A person was elated by the "great news".

Such great news, THANK YOU to all who identified, spoke out, and found solutions for this immediate issue!

— Rethink Captivity ???? (@rethinkcaptive) February 3, 2022

Another appreciated the immediate response and wrote, "Wow. It is great to see that the action has been taken immediately."

Wow!!! It is great to see that the action has been taken immediately! Indeed great team work!!!

— Murugesan Karmegam MK (@MurugsTech) February 4, 2022

Some said that the demolition of the wall would put more elephants to risk as they would continue to cross the railway lines now. A user wrote, "After demolishing the wall the elephants will continue to come and cross the line from both sides. Will that not increase the risk?"

Why did Rly construct the wall. To stop water fall? The elephants come to this point to cross the rail line. Is this feasible to divert their route. After demolishing the wall the elephants will continue come and cross the line from both sides. Will that not increase the risk.????

— Deena Dayalan M (@DeenaDayalanM9) February 4, 2022

Despite mixed reactions, the demolition of the wall depicted urgency to respond to the queries raised by the public.