He is pedalling across the wildlife corridor of the region with four others since February 4 to create awareness on man-animal conflict
West Bengal News Desk: A senior official of the state forest department, posted in north Bengal, is pedalling across the wildlife corridor of the region with four others since February 4 to create awareness on man-animal conflict.
Ujjal Ghosh, the additional principal chief conservator of forests of north Bengal, started his expedition from the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Siliguri, and intends to cover 350km, that is, the entire Dooars region till Sankosh, the river that marks the interstate border of Bengal and Assam.
Atanu Bhattacharya, an oncologist, and three members of the Siliguri-based Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation — Debjyoti Dey, Rupajit Dutta and Suprit Saha — are Ghosh’s riding companions.
“We are moving on the wildlife corridor. On the way, we are meeting villagers to make them aware of how they can avoid man-animal conflict, conserve wildlife and nature,” said Ghosh.
