Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has stressed the urgency of comprehensive measures to combat the heat wave and its impact.
The forest department has banned playing of Holi within Sonajhuri Haat area in Santiniketan, this year.
Barrackpore police and forest department officials seized a large number of turtles being smuggled from Dhanbad to Majdia and arrested a woman in connection with the incident.
A tiger that strayed into Maipith’s jungles in the Sundarbans, was finally captured early this morning, thanks to the relentless efforts of forest officials.
In a proactive effort to curb this recurring crisis, the Forest Department has formed 60 teams comprising local villagers to prevent and control fires. Each team consists of 15 members and has received financial assistance of Rs 75,000 to procure essential firefighting equipment.
A forest officials said such adolescent elephants get driven out of their herds by the lead tuskers
The Forest Department is making the city forest by planting more than 76,000 saplings in two phases.
The fishermen have been sensitised on the restrictions imposed on human activities in the marine sanctuary, said Manas Das, Gahirmatha Forest Range officer.
The Indian pangolin is a Schedule-I protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
This is the latest instance of conflict between farmers practicing shifting cultivation and the Forest Department staff over farming forest land.
