Bokaro: The arrival of monsoon has raised concern of zoo authorities to safeguard animals and birds from various diseases. The authorities of Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park have given antibiotic and de worming medicines to zoo inmates.

JNB, popularly known as Bokaro Zoo, is owned and maintained by Bokaro Steel Plant.

“Medicines for de-worming were given to the JNB Park inmates,” said Manikant Dhan, chief of communication (COC), BSL. Though JNB Park has shelters to protect animals from rain, zoo authorities found that many of the inmates get wet during rain and need extra care.

“Spotted deer and black buck are more exposed to rain. They are being administered antibiotic. We served antibiotic medicine mixing it with their food. This would protect them from falling sick,” said an officer.

Apart from 40 spotted deer and black buck, the zoo has several other animals and birds including tiger, leopard, Himalayan bear, deer and others. Spread across 127 acres, the natural greenery and trees has transformed the park as a natural abode to the zoo inmates. Zoo staff said,“Animals deal and cope with the rain in their own way”. There are 26 separate enclosures with separate cells for animals and birds.

“The rainy season is prone to parasitic disease, to protect inmates from it, an appropriate de-worming protocol is being followed,” said the zoo officer. As per guideline of Central Zoo Authourity, the grasses were cut regularly and cleanliness is maintained in animal cell and enclosures during the monsoon.

(Our correspondent)

Dhanbad rail overbridge construction

Dhanbad: Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Uma Shankar Singh on Thursday instructed the officials of Dhanbad division of East Central Railway to prepare a detailed project for the broadening of the railway underpass near the Rangatand Chowk of coal town to ensure the launch of the work at the earliest.

Singh held a meeting in this regard with officials of Railways, Dhanbad Municipal Corporation, Road Construction department etc said that broadening work of the underpass would be carried out through the District Mineral Foundation Trust fund.

(Praduman Choubey)

Palamau Rotary Club offers free education to Covid orphans

Rotarians hand flowers and letter of assurance of free education to children orphaned by coronavirus to the divisional commissioner Palamau Jata Shanker Chowdhury (third from right) in Daltonganj on Wednesday. The Telegraph picture

Daltonganj: The Rotary Club of Daltonganj is the first NGO in Palamau to come forward to offer free education up-to class 12 to the children orphaned by Covid-19.

Assistant district governor of Rotary based in Daltonganj, Anugrah Narain Sharma said, “We have handed down a written pledge of free education to children up-to class 12 orphaned by the coronavirus to the divisional commissioner Palamu Jata Shanker Chowdhury.”

Sharma said a small delegation met the Commissioner on Wednesday and submitted the letter of assurance.

Sharma said, “We run our school in buildings set up at Daltonganj and at Chainpur and our orphaned children will have a choice as to where they want to be enrolled.”

Sources said the two school buildings are nearly four and a half kilometers apart from each other. The schools have a fleet of buses.

Sharma promised the buses will pick the orphaned children from their respective dwellings.

Palamau civil surgeon in-charge Dr Anil Kumar said the second surge of Covid claimed 86 lives.

During the first wave last year, 25 lives were lost in the district.

Deputy Commissioner Palamu Shashi Ranjan said, “In our raw household survey completed and compiled recently we have found a total of 1,408 deaths in the months of April and May alone.”

“Now we are finding out deaths caused by Covid and this may take some more time as finer points like symptoms of patients, duration of treatment, name and address of the attending doctor, any history of comorbodity, way of disposal of the body etc,” said the DC.

(Our Correspondent )