Like other forest guards, Miji leaves for patrolling in the morning and returns at sunset. When there is a tip-off on the movement of poachers the guards camp in forests. Sometimes for several nights at a stretch.
Their lives are not easy, they told this author as she spent several evenings at anti-poaching camps, sitting around a campfire with them. The men, mostly under 35, belong to the Nyishi community that lives near the park’s boundary. The average age of patrolling staff elsewhere in India is above 50.
In a part of a country where community identity is paramount it is always a challenge to balance one’s job with this identity. For example, a forest guard celebrates a festival with people whom he might have to take action against some day. And if he does his job it does not win him accolades or appreciation from the community.
An even more challenging task is tackling extremist groups such as the National Democratic Front, a Bodo militant organization. Organized gangs of poachers and their families usually liaise with the militant organization if there has been an anti-poaching encounter. The extremists demand park authorities divulge the name of the forest guards involved in encounters so that they can take revenge.
Recently Gujarat Forest Beat Guard Result Declared of Departmental Exam Sep 2017
Forest Department , Gujarat
Forest Department Gujarat has published Result of various Departmental Exam for the post of Forest Beat Guard. Click here to download for all std. NAS paper
Exam Type: Forest Department
Exam Held: September 2017
How to pass Forest Guard Exam:
Their lives are not easy, they told this author as she spent several evenings at anti-poaching camps, sitting around a campfire with them. The men, mostly under 35, belong to the Nyishi community that lives near the park’s boundary. The average age of patrolling staff elsewhere in India is above 50.
In a part of a country where community identity is paramount it is always a challenge to balance one’s job with this identity. For example, a forest guard celebrates a festival with people whom he might have to take action against some day. And if he does his job it does not win him accolades or appreciation from the community.
An even more challenging task is tackling extremist groups such as the National Democratic Front, a Bodo militant organization. Organized gangs of poachers and their families usually liaise with the militant organization if there has been an anti-poaching encounter. The extremists demand park authorities divulge the name of the forest guards involved in encounters so that they can take revenge.
Recently Gujarat Forest Beat Guard Result Declared of Departmental Exam Sep 2017
Forest Department , Gujarat
Forest Department Gujarat has published Result of various Departmental Exam for the post of Forest Beat Guard. Click here to download for all std. NAS paper
Exam Type: Forest Department
Exam Held: September 2017
How to pass Forest Guard Exam:
