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Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, IndiaSpend.com

‘A stick and a khukri’: Low pay, little equipment for frontline staff patrolling tiger reserves

The focus on tiger conservation is reliant on casual workers and home guards, with little training and few powers, who work at great risk to their lives.

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, IndiaSpend.com
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Jyotirmoy Saharia, IndiaSpend.com
· Oct 23, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Land erosion, forest loss could end centuries-old craft of boat-making on Assam’s Majuli island

With tree felling prohibited, artisanal boat-makers are left with either procuring wood from outside, which is expensive, or using sparsely found driftwood.

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, IndiaSpend.com
· Feb 19, 2024 · 07:30 pm