BILASIPARA: Aranya Suraksha Samity, Assam welcomes the vulture protection project at Rajapara Range of Mahamaya Reserve Forest of Kokrajhar district of Assam. Aranya Surraksha Samity has been demanding for the protection of white-backed vulture of Mahamaya and to establish a Jatayu Udyan at Mahamaya, Aranya Suraksha Samiti submitted a memorandum to Promod Bora, the BTC chief in this regard. The EM of the Forest BTC Ranjit Basumatary laid the foundation stone of the vulture protection project at Mahamaya in presence of the secretary general of Aranya Suraksha Samiti, Assam Dr Hari Charan Das, OSD of Forest Department of BTC Rekibuddin Ahmed, president of the Mahamaya branch of the Aranya Suraksha Samiti, Bharat Barman, secretary Nazrul Islam, Karuna Adhikary, Akan Das, Prakitish Saha, the forest officials of Kokrajhar and socio political activists of Mahamaya Aranya Suraksha Samity, Assam demanded to name it as Mahamaya Jatayu Udyan. The Samity also demanded to declare Mahamaya reserve forest as wild life sanctuary and submitted a memorandum to BTC EM of Forest Ranjit Basumatary.
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