Four Elephants To Stay As Assam Court Dismisses Perilous Ahmadabad Jaganath Rath Yatra

Currently the court has sent a copy of final decision on the order to Mahendra Jha the head of Ahmadabad Jaganath temple after making a hearing with two teams of wildlife expert and veterinarians on their analytical reports as was directed to the forest department officials to approach them before they process finally for the elephant’s transportation to Gujarat under political influence.

Dr. Pulin Chandra Das, Director of Animal Husbandry on phase of climatic condition and elephants' welfare marked, “Taking into the matter of the current phase of adverse weather condition due to intense heat wave that caused so many deaths in North western India our team of veterinarians have decided after research that the elephants should not be headed to long hours train journey. But then we cannot impose decision on the panel of jury of Guwahati high court as even after the cross verification upon the analytic report from the team of expert and veterinarians if they sense worth sending the animals to Gujarat then they can.”

Veterinary staff Rabin Saikia had sighted, “It is true Assam is overly populated with animals and previously even people had traded elephants illegally to many parts of India as this is not the first case. But where wildlife permit is concerned there are many clauses after which animals are transported. To which the Guwahati court is aware but its panel of jury before putting a stay on the order of transporting the elephants wants to make its stance clarified, especially to the Gujarat authority for dealing with four elephant from Tinsukia for holy purpose without proper legal process.”

Expert wildlife committee came to a conclusion to oppose on sending the elephants after thorough verification on the norms of Central Zoo Authority and Project Elephant which version was recorded by the panel of jury at Guwahati High court including the views of Dr. Pulin Chandra Das, director of animal husbandry, veterinary college professor KK Sharma, City zoo veterinary officer, Dr. Bijoy Gogoi and Dr. Debabrata Phukan veterinary officer Golaghat before consenting on to their opposition.

NEIC Special Report: SUMI BORA