BSF and Forest Department Plan Joint Patrols After Training
Officials initiated plans for coordinated patrols after concluding trainings on elephant encounters alongside wildlife crime awareness at Ranikor’s Gumaghat outpost.
Overview
- Thirty-three BSF troops completed a sensitisation programme at Ranikor’s Gumaghat outpost under the supervision of Inspector Shravan Kumar.
- Aaranyak experts trained troops on Asian elephant behaviour to teach forest-smart tactics that avert dangerous encounters.
- Legal specialists from Aaranyak’s advocacy division outlined wildlife trafficking routes exploiting porous riverine gaps and recommended crime-detection measures.
- Forest officers from Nongstoin Wildlife Range signalled joint patrol strategies to manage transboundary elephant movements.
- The initiative introduces an integrated conservation-security approach to frontier management along the Indo-Bangla border.