After constructing south India’s first underpass for wild elephants on the Ettimadai – Walayar section of the rail line, the Southern Railway is planning to construct a rail fence to prevent wild elephants from getting knocked down by moving trains.
Sources with the Southern Railway said that the plan is to construct a 3.6 km rail fence between Madukkarai and Ettimadai railway stations. They added that the proposal was in its initial stages.
Officials from the Palakkad Division of the Southern Railway and officers from the Coimbatore Forest Division inspected the railway line between Madukkarai and Ettimadai railway stations some weeks ago.
