forest guard

“They risk their lives everyday working in difficult terrains and braving myriad hostile elements – poachers, encroachers, smugglers, mafias, human-wildlife conflict, health hazards in the form of water-borne diseases, forest fires and of course, accidental deaths by wild animals.”

“I spot tigers more than ten times a month. Actually, they spot me more than I spot them!", grins the #EarthHero who recently won the 'Best Forest Watcher' award.

"I started working in Kaziranga in 1987 when I was just 21. This is isn't an easy job but I have loved every bit of it," smiles the 54-year-old grandfather. #EarthHero #Respect

For the last three years, the forest fires in Pune had, fortunately, not claimed any human lives. However, in January 2018, tragedy struck.