GUWAHATI: With tigers on the prowl within the neighborhood of Kaliabor tea property in Assam’s Nagaon, armed forest guards needed to tackle the position of pupil escorts at a govt faculty this week.
Nam Kamakhya Decrease Main Faculty has seen practically 70% decline in attendance, with dad and mom protecting their kids at dwelling resulting from common large cat sightings close to the college over the previous two months.
To facilitate the state training division’s necessary Gunotsav analysis programme on Monday and Tuesday, forest division employees had been assigned to guard kids coming to and going again from faculty. This evaluation interval is essential.
The college’s proximity to Kaliabor tea property has been problematic, with a few tiger-related tragedies in latest months. College students should traverse the tea property, now frequented by tigers, with no different route accessible. A tea backyard employee misplaced his life final month, with solely the pinnacle being recovered. In Nov, one other villager had vanished.
Officers couldn’t verify if the identical tiger was concerned in each instances. Forest officers have reported two Royal Bengal tigers getting into from close by Kaziranga Nationwide Park and Tiger Reserve, whereas residents recommend there are 4 to 5.
