A three km-long community-managed solar-powered fence installed to secure human elephant conflict (HEC)-affected Rangagarah village under Goalpara Forest Range of Goalpara Forest Division in Assam was inaugurated and handed over to the community.
"We have shown GIS-based block maps of different ranges of Goalpara Forest Division. All the Forest Range Officers of Goalpara Forest Division attended the programme. Approximately, 70 forest officials attended the training. GPS hands-on training was provided to about 15 staff of the Goalpar
Goalpara (Assam) [India], July 17 (ANI): Six elephants stranded in the man-made pond in Assam's Goalpara district were rescued successfully, the Forest Department informed.