Not paid for 6 months, staff at Arunachal tiger reserve begin indefinite strike
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No pay for 6 months, workers in indefinite stir : Arunachal tiger reserve unguarded Image Source: IANS News
Itanagar, June 9 : Over 200 part-time workers of the Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh launched an indefinite strike on Wednesday for non-payment of their wages for the past more than six months.
With the agitation of the 202 contingency workers at the office of the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), the Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Pakke-Kessang district has been left unguarded.
Accompanied by eight elephants, the workers, some of them in their uniform, threatened to continue their agitation until their wages, which have been pending since December last year, are paid by the authorities.
For First Time, King Cobra Documented In Himachal
A local resident, Praveen Thakur, had clicked the pictures of the snake on his cell phone and shared the same with the forest and wildlife department, Paonta Sahib.
Ashwani Sharma 07 June 2021, Last Updated at 11:45 am Ashwani Sharma 2021-06-07T11:43:41+05:30 For First Time, King Cobra Documented In Himachal outlookindia.com 2021-06-07T11:45:09+05:30
Known as being the land of Himalayan bio diversities Himachal Pradesh‘s wildlife department has, for the first time, documented a new Vertebrate species – King Cobra, known as the world’s longest venomous snake.
Confirming the same, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Archana Sharma said the reptile was spotted by a local person Praveen Singh, who had clicked the pictures of the snake, shot a video – both in his cell phone and posted on social media.
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