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Would you like to save Rani Bagh

Date published: October 11, 2007

The zoo-cum-botanical park of India’s economical capital, Mumbai, known as Jijamata Udyan or Rani Bagh, has been chalk-marked for revamping at a phenomenal cost of Rs 433.57 crore by the city’s municipality. It is feared that since that this green lung in the heart of one of the most congested areas of the city has no vacant space for construction, many of the grand old trees would be sacrificed. The project has been assigned to a foreign company, the Thai-based Malaysian company HKS Designers and the Portico group (US).

Help them to guard better

Date published: October 1, 2007

The Indian forest guard forms the lowest rung in the forest department’s ladder. He is at the frontline, battling against odds to protect India’s wildlife and forests. Forest guards face many hardships in the day-to-day execution of their jobs, and live in challenging conditions. Though various state governments are attempting to effectively tackle the issues faced by the frontline forest guards, the difficult conditions in which they survive have many times made these “unsung heroes” lose faith in the system and get disheartened.

Save the tiger

Date published: September 30, 2007

Tigers are a critically endangered species, there are believed to be between 1200-1500 only left in India in the wild. They are being killed at the rate of one per day for there skins and their body parts where some people in countries believe that eating tiger parts will make them strong, also cure certain ailments, there is no medical evidence to substantiate this. Tigers will be lost if action at all levels are not taken.