Guwahati, July 17 (IANS) Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), which shares borders with Bhutan and West Bengal in Assam, has emerged as an area with a high human-snake interface because snakes frequently inhabit cultivated fields, village peripheries, embankments and forest fringes, officials said on Friday. Marking the World Snake Day, the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Forest Department organised a two-day refresher training programme on Ethical Snake Rescue and Emergency Response, besides l…
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Lucknow, March 6 (IANS) Sarus Crane, the tallest flying birds belonging predominantly to the Gangetic plains, who have lately been facing survival threats, are part of an elaborate plan by the Uttar Pradesh government for their conservation as well as preservation of their natural habitats.The Yogi Adityanath government has laid out a detailed roadmap to establish a “Sarus Circuit” to promote the conservation of Sarus crane, the state bird of Uttar Pradesh and to boost eco-tourism.It will be dev…