Engineer turns snake-rescuer
The Hindu
Aptly demonstrating social responsibility to protect the environment, Surya Pratap, a 35-year-old engineering graduate, turned into a full-time snake rescuer while maintaining a nursery in the fast-gr
Aptly demonstrating social responsibility to protect the environment, Surya Pratap, a 35-year-old engineering graduate, turned into a full-time snake rescuer while maintaining a nursery in the fast-growing fort-town of Khammam to contribute his mite to help maintain ecological balance. Though an engineer by profession, Surya embarked on the path of channelling collective efforts to save snakes and prevent human-snake conflict by joining the Kothagudem-based Pranadhara Charitable Trust as a volunteer a couple of years ago. He learnt the skills of catching snakes from Santosh Babu, a nature enthusiast of Kothagudem in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district, leader of a wide network of volunteers spread in several towns of the composite Khammam district.With the Prajwal Revanna sexual abuse case taking new twists every day, JD(S) State president and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday appealed to the Hassan MP, who is his nephew, to return and subject himself to the legal process. This is the first time that such an appeal has been made by the family.
Amidst continuing protest over the murder of Anjali Ambiger in Hubballi, Home Minister G. Parameshwara, who visited the victim’s family on Monday, announced in a press conference that like the Neha Hiremath case, this too would be handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for inquiry.