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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.