Guwahati: Nearly 100 Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel were recently sensitized on preventing wildlife crimes and illegal wildlife trade in a workshop organized by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and biodiversity conservation group Aaranyak at Salonibari of Tezpur in eastern Assam.
“A group of 99 senior as well as junior officials/personnel of India’s elite border guarding forces were enlightened on the national and international ramifications of wildlife crimes in the workshop held at SSB’s recruit training centre on Tuesday in Tezpur,” said a source in Aaranyak.
The participants were given insight to overall scenario of wildlife crimes and the role of border guarding forces like the SSB in combating it. The program was inaugurated by RTC’s deputy commandant Vishnu Praveen in presence of WCCB assistant director Jawaharlal Baro, Aaranyak officials namely Jimmy Borah and Ivy Farheen Hussain along with other dignitaries.
