Maksam Tayeng 

PASIGHAT, Dec 23: State wildlife officials arrived at the Daying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary on Thursday after a routine official trip to the eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh to prime wildlife and national park areas.
The Deputy Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife & Biodiversity), Damodhar AT, IFS and Member Secretary, State Medical Plant Board, Millor Tasser, IFS visited the Sanctuary on Wednesday and Thursday and spent a night at the Borguli Range.
For both officials, it was their first visit, during which they held detailed interaction with the range officer and support staff. Both officers visited prime locations like Jopong Patang, Kengkut etc.
The duo appreciated the effort made to fully secure the sanctuary from hunters and poachers by the sanctuary authority led by DFO, Tasang Taga and other field officers, EDC members and field staff. The officials  were also briefed on the negative impact of the D. Ering-Dibru Saikhowa Elephant Corridor Project in the conservation effort of the sanctuary. The DCF Wildlife & BD said that the project has already been stopped by the PCCF (Wildlife & BD) office seeing its impact due to wrong management.
Stating that DEWS has a unique and one of the finest topography, the DyCCF said and the sanctuary needs to be given extra attention by the government as it lacks several protection infrastructure like anti-poaching camps and watch towers. Tasser on the other hand batted for promotion of Eco-development activities including eco-tourism.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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