Sumant Solanke, IFS

IFS/ Conservation/ Biking/ Trekking/ Wildlifer/ DCF, Gugamal wildlife Division, Chikhaldara
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[Sumant Solanke, IFS @SolankeSumant]

Out in the wild, where paths vanish and surprises await, field visits test the spirit. In such moments, all it takes is a fire in the heart, a comrade to trust, and a THAR. #mtr #magicalmelghat #forester #ifs #gugamal #melghattigerreserve #mahindrathar
https://t.co/wVJuFRvQEI

[Sumant Solanke, IFS @SolankeSumant]

When nature has an abundance to offer and you have done your part through grassland management and water conservation works then wildlife will come for sure. Efforts by Gugamal division (MTR) has transformed a barren land into wildlife's most preferable landscape.#Vairat #Melghat

[Jayoti Banerjee 🇮🇳 @jayotibanerjee]

50 Glorious Years of #MelghatTigerReserve
The High Meditative Forests & Wilderness & Steep Landscape;
No wonder, it is The Home of #KulaMama
Tigers are endearingly called the benign Grand Patriarch (Mama) of the entire clan (Kul) of #Korkus
Video: @SolankeSumant

[Jayoti Banerjee 🇮🇳 @jayotibanerjee]

Frame by Frame,
Looking at #MelghatTigerReserve in all its winter hues;
Exuding warmth!
Just How?

[Jayoti Banerjee 🇮🇳 @jayotibanerjee]

No these are not our Tourist Huts..
The 1st building is our #ForestGuard Quarter
Next to it is #DhalaphataProtectionCamp
#DCFGugamal @SolankeSumant has repaired old dilapidated quarters in even remotest of Melghats!
&Fenced with attached Toilet & Solar unit
#MelghatTigerReserve

[Sumant Solanke, IFS @SolankeSumant]

In the wilderness, happiness whispers through the rustling leaves and dances with the sunlight filtering through the trees. #MTR #Gugamal #Magicalmelghat

[Jayoti Banerjee 🇮🇳 @jayotibanerjee]

This Is Not Savanah!
"Indian Gaurs never visited Vairat post monsoon.This is the 1st time the group has visited Vairat in Dec.."
Got this message from our DCFGugamal @SolankeSumant
#Vairat is 1100 MSL
On precipitous hills of #MelghatTigerReserve
Admire the #RollingGrasslands

[Sumant Solanke, IFS @SolankeSumant]

Post-monsoon wildlife conservation work commences with the closure of the anicut gates, it enhances the structure's longevity and facilitates water conservation as needed. Wildlife favours such sustained and perennial source of water and frequently visits it. #melghat #wildlife

[Sumant Solanke, IFS @SolankeSumant]

"Melghat is famous for rain-associated erosion of roads, which the Gugamal division has addressed by constructing cross drains on roads and maintaining a grassroots mesh. This has enabled us to repair roads more efficiently, reducing both time and cost."#MTR #Magicalmelghat

[Jayoti Banerjee 🇮🇳 @jayotibanerjee]

These Forest Guards Quarters in remote Melghats are built by DCF @SolankeSumant
#MelghatTigerReserve is trying to promote #TribalPaintings on Forest Buildings as part of our #Korku Heritage & Aesthetics
It gives livelihood for local #MelghatArtisans too
Hope this idea picks on..

[Sumant Solanke, IFS @SolankeSumant]

@CSABHI84 @jayotibanerjee @magical_melghat @DivyaIFS https://t.co/gFLSXZ0DCk

[Sumant Solanke, IFS @SolankeSumant]

When nature has an abundance to offer and you have done your part through grassland management and water conservation works then wildlife will come for sure. Efforts by Gugamal division (MTR) has transformed a barren land into wildlife's most preferable landscape.#Vairat #Melghat

[Sumant Solanke, IFS @SolankeSumant]

@CSABHI84 @jayotibanerjee @magical_melghat @DivyaIFS https://t.co/gFLSXZ0DCk
Youtube link

[Sumant Solanke, IFS @SolankeSumant]

@CSABHI84 @jayotibanerjee @magical_melghat @DivyaIFS Will post it soon

[Sumant Solanke, IFS @SolankeSumant]

Teak skeletanizer (Eutectona machaeralis)
The larvae feed on the green leafy portions of teak leaves,leaving just the midrib & veins intact. Resulting changes gives an impression of colorful forest #MagicalMelghat #ColourfulMelghat

[Sumant Solanke, IFS @SolankeSumant]

Repairs to existing water storage structures like small earthen dam and cement nala bunds. Works executed in the Chikhaldara range of the Gugamal wildlife division have transformed a barren land into favourable habitat for wildlife.
#magicalmelghat #GugamalWildlife division #MTR

[Jayoti Banerjee 🇮🇳 @jayotibanerjee]

Oldest Camp of #MelghatTigerReserve
#BandarKahuProtectionCamp Means:Monkeys abound in Arjun Trees
Kohu=Korku for Arjun~Presence of Water
Transformation!
From a damaged site to one with best amenties in Wild for #Foresters
Kudos #TeamGugamal #DCFSumantSolanke @dr_mayubhailume

[Jayoti Banerjee 🇮🇳 @jayotibanerjee]

#ForestProtectionCamp Kalukundi has been set up this year by bright #DCFSumantSolanke to patrol even the most remote & inaccessible terrain of #MelghatTigerReserve
Guess why Forest Guard Shaniware so overwhelmed?
Our #Foresters built this camp from old materials all by themselves

[Jayoti Banerjee 🇮🇳 @jayotibanerjee]

Melghat is famed for Monsoons;
the water flows in tumultuous streams,looks great but risks a lot of erosion & landslips
DCF Sumant is tackling this by
Use of:
Cross Bunds to facilitate runoff to prevent erosion
Gabions to stabilize the banks &prevent erosion
#MelghatTigerReserve