The sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam, caught red-handed and arrested three forest officials, including a Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), for taking bribes in Assam's Dhubri district on Thursday.
"The male cheetah Pawan was earlier released into the open wild. But a month ago, Pawan was going towards the border of Uttar Pradesh, so he was tranquilised from the border of UP and released in the enclosure of Kuno National Park. After that Pawan once again released into the wild from the
According to the official statement, B Prabhakar, Field Director of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Sundaresh, DFO, and three forest Rangers have been removed from the posts and Bareilly's Chief Conservator of Forests Lalit Verma has been given the responsibility of Dudhwa's Field Director.
During the fire one cylinder blast is also reported, however, no casualties were reported. Following the information firefighters rushed to the spot and doused the fire.
The incident occurred in Barkheda village of the district on Friday around 4 am after the team reached near the village while tracking the movement of the female cheetah Asha. The villagers also vandalised the vehicle of the monitoring team.
The marking of dried trees on the forest land would be done on a daily basis in the state and the responsibility of the concerned DFOs will be fixed to ensure it happens in time, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday, informed a press release.
Both the Cheetahs are covering a distance of around 25 to 30 kilometres daily. The female Cheetah Asha is roaming within the limits of the Kuno National Park while Oban is roaming out the park. The team of the forest department is continuously monitoring the movements of the cheetahs.
The forest department is adopting technology-oriented solutions such as drones and thermal cameras to support the monitoring of the animals and alert villages if there is a chance of an encounter with humans.