UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore on Wednesday launched the ‘Wildlife Rescue App’, an application for monitoring rescue, reporting and release of wild animals through online system in Punjab Raj Bhawan. The app works on all Android supporting smart phones.
He said that the app will inform about the rescue of animals that enter human territories, reporting about it and its further release in the Wildlife Sanctuary.
It was made with an objective to rehabilitate in distress in city areas, parks, reserved or protected forests in urban and rural settlements. Through the app, timely dissemination of information to concerned authorities is possible for injured and distress wild animals in the city.
Debendra Dalai, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests & Chief Wildlife Warden, said, “It is an optimum use of technology in wildlife rescue where a user need not to call on the hotline number (0172-2700217) of the department.”
The link of the app is available on the website: chandigarhforest.gov.in.
All orders/guidelines/rules related to rescue have been uploaded on the application by the department for general information of the public. Through the app, one can click pictures of wildlife in distress and send the same to the concerned rescue squad directly for immediate action. Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary (Forest & Wildlife), UT Chandigarh, informed that with the help of this App, the location of the incident is also directly communicated, thereby making it easier and faster for the department to react to such call.
