Maksam Tayeng

PASIGHAT, Aug 28: Wildlife staffers have busted an illegal timber operation rampant around the Siang river in East Siang District.
The Wildlife staff of Jeepghat Beat under D. Ering Wildlife Sanctuary on Friday intercepted around 200 timber logs near the Assam-Arunachal boundary and damaged the timber logs by driving nails into them.
“The illegal timber smugglers mostly arrange or cut down trees from Mebo RF areas and in and around Seram Forest Beat besides collecting the driftwood from Siang river and they sell these at Dibrugarh, Assam via Siang River”, said Orin Perme, Dy FR, Beat Officer,  who led his team of wildlife staff in the drive. 
Perme, also disclosed that similar number of  logs are at Miriyakal Khuti areas along the Assam-Arunachal boundary where Assam Forest Department has also put up few staff to monitor the illegal timber business in those areas. We become helpless when timber logs are stationed or parked at Assam side, he said.
Meanwhile, illegal timber log collections from Siang river driftwood were restricted and warned by both Wildlife and territorial forest officials after matters of illegalities came to their notice. 
Range Officer, Mebo RF, Oson Tayeng and Range Officer, Borguli Wildlife Range, Naning Perme scanned the areas along Siang river in between Seram Forest Beat and D. Ering Wildlife Sanctuary where there were inputs of reported collection of driftwood by some people. Oson Tayeng, RFO Mebo RF also said that he has activated the Beat office Seram to enhance vigilance. 
DFO D. Ering Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasang Taga has also lauded the team's effort in cracking the illegal activity.

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