17th November 2019 – The blog concentrates on Gajoldoba Wetlands and winged winter migrants to this place. I have been to this place time and again for birding. Every time this fragile and beautiful wetland has something new to offer. In terms of – new …
Author: Anindya
Dooars Utsav preparations starts at Alipurduar
04th Nov 2019 – Preparations for the 16th ‘Biswa Dooars Utsav’ begins at Alipurduar Parade Ground with ‘khutti puja’. The festival will kick start on 27th December and continue till 7th January. Sweets were distributed among the people present at the ground. The ‘Dooars Utsav’ …
Elephant calf hit by car near Naxalbari
08th Nov 2019- An elephant calf was hit by a car near Naxalbari Block, 20 km away from Siliguri. The incident occurred when three elephants were crossing the highway. After the incident, the mother of the calf ransacked the vehicle. Two persons in the vehicle …
Early Winter Escape to Gajoldoba Wetlands
27th Oct 2019 – Wetlands of Gajoldoba never fails to allude me. It was in an abrupt plan to visit this magical wetland. It was a family tour and we started off at 2.00 pm from Jalpaiguri. In this article, I will focus primarily on …
New Tourist Attraction – ‘Lall Pool’ of Lataguri
Tourists are flocking in the dusk at ‘Lall Pool’ of Neora Nuddy Tea Estate. ‘Lall Pool’ is the place to capture mesmerising sunset. Dancing peacock play around. Elephant herds cross Neora River. Lall Pool is in the bucket list of most of the tourists visiting …
Jaldapara Rhino Killed by Poachers
31-October-2019: A matured female rhino was killed by poachers last night at Jaldapara National Park. Authorities of the park recovered the carcass from ‘Fifty Feet’ beat of the park. There were bullet injury marks on the body and the horn of the rhino was missing. …
Train stops in Dooars to Save the Jumbo
25th October 2019 – The loco pilot of Alipurduar-Siliguri passenger train applied emergency brakes to stop the train after he noticed an elephant standing on the railway tracks in between Hasimara and Kalchini of Alipurduar district. It is learnt that a wild elephant came right …
Rhino Encounters at Medla
Overview of Rhinos at Medla The blog focuses on Rhinos of Medla Camp of Gorumara National Park. There are 19 rhinos at Medla Camp. If you are interested in One-Horned Rhinocerous and want to watch this endangered animal in wild – Medla Camp is the …
Tusker hits highway of Dooars
A tusker ventured into NH-31 near Madarihat Choupathi from Jaldapara National Park on 29th of September 2019. Bringing traffic to a halt. It is learnt that the elephant was of huge size and it sparked panic in the locality. Forest officials from Madarihat range of …
Kanchankanya Express stops to save the Elephant on tracks
The loco pilot and the assistant loco pilot had to apply emergency brakes to stop the down Kanchankanya Express after they noticed an elephant standing on the railway tracks in between Nagrakata and Chulsa station in Jalpaiguri district. The incident took place at Chapramari Wildlife …