Four lion cubs saved

Bhavnagar

Due to alertness of engine driver of Pipavav bound goods train, four lion cubs were saved.

A goods train on Sunday was passing through Rajula-Pipavav section on which 8 lions have been crushed to death by train in last two years when at 3.50 am pilot Shoorsingh spotted four lion cubs on railway track. Shoor Singh stopped the train and contacted forest department.

Forest department employees removed lion cubs from railway track after which the train proceeded further.

It should be mentioned here that construction of fencing on both sides of railway track has started after recent incident in which three lion cubs were crushed to death by Pipavav bound goods train.

– DeshGujarat