Visit to Rajaji National Park on World Wildlife Conservation Day
On the occasion of World Wildlife Conservation Day, students of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut visited Rajaji National Park. Journalism students went to Motichur Range on the border of Haridwar and Dehradun districts and collected information related to wild animals from the park officials. On this occasion, Park Forest Officer Manoj Singh Chauhan gave detailed information to the students about Rajaji National Park. He said that this park was built for the conservation of elephants butSince 2014, it has also been made National Tiger Park. There are currently 4 tigers in the Motichur range while more than 44 tigers are active in the entire park. Chauhan told that arrangements have also been made for safari in Rajaji National Park which is 10 km. Permissible only till forest area. Tourists are not allowed in the buffer area. He told that the park remains open from November to March.
Answering the questions of the students, forest officials said that the park has been arranged to prevent human-wildlife conflict so that the habitat of wild animals is not affected. To prevent this, flyovers have been built on the national road for the elephant corridor under Motichur range so that there is no interference in the movement of wild animals. He told that before becoming violent, wild animals display some physical actions which make it known that these animals are violent, like an elephant flaps its ears. He said that it is important that wild animals are protected. There should be less human movement in the forest. To protect the environment, it is also necessary to preserve wild animals.
Spread over 840 square km, Rajaji Park is spread across the Shivalik ranges of three districts of Uttarakhand, Pauri Garhwal, Dehradun and Haridwar. Spread on both the banks of river Ganga, this park is rich in biodiversity. Due to the dense forest area, it is a suitable place for elephants.
On this occasion, Professor (Dr.) Subhash Chandra Thaledi, Head of the Department of Subharti Journalism and Mass Communication, thanked the park authorities and called upon the students to conduct awareness programs to conserve wild animals. Professor Thaledi said that the visit of Journalism and Mass Communication students to the National Park on Wildlife Conservation Day is very timely. This will give students information about the behavior of wild animals and will be useful for their conservation.
During this, students also took training about photography related to wild animals related to the park and learned the importance of wildlife photoshoot. Assistant Professor of Journalism Department of the University, Preeti Singh on this educational tour of the students, Ramprakash Tiwari, Madhur Sharma and research student Shikeb Majeed provided guidance.
Motichoor of Rajaji National Forest Zoo on the way from Haridwar to Rishikesh. On this, the students of Journalism and Mass Communication Department of Swami Vikas Subharti University discussed about wildlife conservation and which wild animals are there in Rajaji National Wildlife Sanctuary. Received information from officer Manoj Singh Chauhan.
