Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Merciless destruction of trees in Reserve Forests in Assam
An injured python treated at Kalaigaon Police Station in India
An Indian python with serious head injury was rescued by a few nature loving villagers near Kalaigaon on February 19.The injured python ( 7feet 7 inches long,weighing 8 kg) was brought yo Kalaigaon Police Station for treatment before handing over to forest officials in the evening. According to information a group of minor boys had seen the reptile on a tree at Rupatol village at 2 PM.Mistaking it to be a monitor lizard,they attacked the python with catapults causing head injury. They boys were about to kill it. Fortunately a few nature loving villagers of Majorchuba namely- Phatik Sargiary (45) and Udai Sahari (32) had arrived at the spot and carried the injured python to the house of one Sasti Ram Boro before informing Chandra Hazarika,the Gaonburah. The matter was also reported to Dinomani Das,Circle Officer,Kalaigaon Revenue Circle and In-charge of Kalaigaon Police Station. Later the injured python was brought to Kalaigaon Police Station,where necessary veterinary treatments were given in the evening. Several doses of antibiotics and pain killer were injected in presence of forest officials. Jayanta Kumar Das,Member Secretary,Barnadi Wildlife Sanctuary Monitoring Committee was also present at the time of treatment. This had been the first case of treatment of a python in the area. The python was later handed over to Bharat Deka, a forest official at 7 PM to be released in the Khalingduar Reserve Forest.
Nature loving people of Kalaigaon have expressed satisfaction at the safe rescue of the python and thanked Habibur Rahman,Officer-Incharge Kalaigaon Police Station for his timely action in rescuing it. It needs mention that unabated destruction of forest has rendered most of the reptiles and birds homeless causing untold damage to ecology in Udalguri district.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Young people start cultivation at Bhergaon
The transplantation of Bodo rice in a plot of nearly three hundred bigha land under BGREI (Bring Green Revolution to Eastern India) scheme,has recently been inaugurated at Bhergaon on February 8. Daobiary Farmers Development Society (established in 2011) has undertaken the unique programme in association with agriculture department and BTC authority. The society with its advisor Manmohan Boro and Prafulla Boro; president Sabha Ram Boro have shown a very encouraging example of self sufficiency in the sub-division by cultivating various types of crops in a systematic way by using bio-fertiliser and bio-pesticide.The society also has grown potato in a plot of 60 bigha land at Bhergaon. Moreover a total of 6000 bigha land have been selected in the sub-division for Boro rice transplantation.
Ceremonial transplantation cum training on summer rice was held at the site.More than 40 young girls transplanted Boro rice as part of the programme before the inaugural meeting which was presided over by leading young farmer of Bhergaon Manmohan Boro. Kamali Basumatari,MLA,Paneri; Dulu Baruah,SDO (Agri) Bhergaon; Debojyoti Das SDO (Soil), Bhergaon and Kamal Choudhury,ADO (Dimakuchi) also attended the ceremony. 40 numbers of sprayer machine along with fertilisers and manures were distributed at concession rate among farmers in the ceremony. A vermi composite unit was inaugurated in the morning by Dulu Baruah SDO (Agri).This had been one of the ten such schemes being implemented in the sub-division so far.
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