Memorable Melghat is one of my memorable campaign during my 7th semester of Under Graduate programme in kharif 2005. With the help of my colleagues (Agro-One team members - Sumit, Chandrahas, Datta, Ramesh, Anil and nature lovers from SF Amt unit : Vishal P Bansod, Sourabh Sutrave, Sanjay Rithe and SF Akola unit : Amol Sawant, Vyankatesh Muzumdar, Team of Green warriors including Staff of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra police Department we conduct joint venture at the occasion of Mahashivratri at Dhargarh temple as part of our conservation programme. Next 2-3 days we continually petrol the boundaries of core area of "Gugamal National Park" for find out illegal grazing activities.

1. Memorable Melghat…………..

3. Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare
Dhargarh Temple ( Nothing but the acquired caves ) ………….

4. Start on Mahashivratri ….
Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare

5. Team of Green warriors including Staff of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra
Ppolice Depratment & SF Amt & Akola unit, and Agro-one team Of ANCA Warora.
Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare
SF Amt : Vishal P Bansod, Sourabh Sutrave, Sanjay Rithe and team.
SF Akola : Amol Sawant, Vyankatesh Muzumdar & Team

6. Photo : Amol Sawant
Agro-One team members : Indrapratap s Thakare, Summit A Kulkarni, Chandrahas
M Sawant, Datta N Ithape, Ramesh R Ma, & Anil Mane.

7. Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare
Day’s with Duda………
Duda members & Akot Wild Life division Staff

8. On the way of Patrolling……..
Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare

9. Hunter’s of Shadow……….
Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare

10. At protection Camp…………..
Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare

11. Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare
Joint Patrol with pre-plan Task…….

12. Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare
Start with team leader “Champakali”………………

13. Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare
Signs of the King of Teak Forest……
Before the reaching of team march, tiger was leave the place where he might be
spend a long time with relaxation!

14. Joint Patrol Charm ……………
Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare

15. Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare
In searching of Poachers from open grass
meadows to dense green forest ………..

16. Waterholes on the upper platue………
Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare

17. Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare
Ancient Rock- Paintings of “Korkus”………

18. It’s a break time……….
Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare

19. Photo : Sumit A. Kulkarni
Try to Scanned each & every streams, waterfalls ………….

20. The Lonely planet of earth!
Any doubt?.....
Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare

21. Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare
Where are the signs of illicit………..?

22. Photo : Sumit A. Kulkarni
Towards the slope through the valley…………..

23. Photo : Indrapratap s Thakare
Encounter with pugmarks of Leopard…..

24. Photo :Chandrahas M Sawant
End point , Salai Protection Hut……..

25. Photo :Chandrahas M Sawant
“Ghotul” & thus we move to pack up……
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