Range Forest Officer Killed In Crash While Chasing Timber Smugglers Surat: A pre-dawn pursuit of suspected timber smugglers on NH-53 in Tapi district ended in tragedy on Monday when a young range forest officer (RFO) was killed in a crash while pursuing an SUV allegedly transporting illegally felled khair wood to Maharashtra. The accident also…
Dhubri: Aranya Suraksha Samity, Assam (ASSA), a nature-based organisation, has expressed concern over alleged clandestine deforestation in Mahamaya Reserve Forest under the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), calling it a precious habitat of the globally endangered White-rumped vulture.ASSA said the ecologically rich sal forest in the Rajapara range is among the older sal forests in western…
Biswendu BhattacharjeeAgartala: At least six forest guards, including a range officer, were injured when timber smugglers attacked them in a remote area of Kanchanpur in North Tripura on Tuesday. The attackers also caused significant damage to two departmental vehicles. However, no arrest has been made so far.Police said acting on a tip-off about timber smuggling,…
