A transformative community-led conservation initiative took place at the Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary, a Ramsar site in Cambodia's Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, inspired by Assam's Hargila Army - a women-led movement to conserve and protect the endangered Greater Adjutant Stork.
On the occasion of World Environment Day, the makers have released the critically acclaimed 'HARGILA - The Greater Adjutant Stork' for public viewing on YouTube.
Two Assamese non-feature films "Hargila - The Greater Adjutant Stork" directed by Partha Sarathi Mahanta and "Birubala 'Witch to Padmashri'" directed by Aimee Baruah received a special mention at the 70th National Film Awards.
On November 18, 2022, 'Tiku', the rescued 'Hargila' was only a 10-day-old, when she and her sibling fell from a nest atop a 70-feet tall tree in Dadara village of Kamrup district in Assam.
Hargilla, the Greater Adjutant Stork has bagged the top slot in the Best Documentary Film category by Partha Sarathi Mahanta who is the Joint Commissioner of Police, Guwahati; produced by Meena Mahanta and Indrani Baruah, directed by Samujjal Kashyap and the sub-titling is by Joydeep Mazumda
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden and Aaranyak, a city-based NGO, have jointly attained a landmark achievement by successfully breeding a pair of endangered Hargila in the zoo artificially here.