New Delhi: The Centre has directed wildlife wardens of elephant and tiger range states to take preventive measures to minimise death or injury to jumbos and other animals due to collision with trains.

"Chief Wildlife Wardens of elephant and tiger range states were directed to put their frontline forest staff on high alert and take suitable preventive actions to minimise death or injury to elephants and other wild animals due to train accidents," Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said in a written reply on last Monday.