Couple from Kolkata on India tour to raise awareness about tiger conservation

Oct 30, 2019, 2:13 PM IST


Bhubaneswar: A couple from Kolkata has embarked on a motorcycle tour across the country to create awareness among people to save tiger. Rathindra Das said, "Me and my wife Gitanjali started this journey from Kolkata on February 15 and so far we have visited as many as 28 states including Odisha and five Union Territories." The name of their campaign is 'Journey For Tiger'. He added, “In this journey, we are going to various tiger reserves across the country. I speak to people and try to motivate them to protect wildlife. We have already covered 28 states and 5 Union Territories. Now we are going to Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj.” There are 50 tiger reserves in India and they will visit all the nearby villages to spread this message and create awareness to reduce man animal conflict.