One of our #ForestProtectionCamps deep inside Melghats
Interesting name too.. #MamaMamiCamp
Name & design inspired by local #KorkuHeritage & built entirely of bamboo & fallen logs into intricate stylish structure
Credit to RFO Jarida #SushantKale
#MelghatTigerReserve #SipnaWLDiv

Alakund Protection Camp with Solar Lights,RainWater Harvesting in core of #MelghatTigerReserve
A Viewing tower being built by Forest Guard Alokar & DCF Divya bharathi, IFS with stunning views of #SipnaRiver
Sipna is the Korku name of Teak
Our #SipnaWLDiv gets its name from this river..

Even in scorching summers,
Visiting a magical land of wet forests, where trees bow to running streams,a quiet machan awaits its Forest Watchers & lianas try to outgrow one another..
#MelghatTigerReserve
Somewhere in #SipnaWLDiv ,
DCF Divya bharathi, IFS, RFO Avinash Avinash Telore

A very old Tree
Next to an equally old #ForestRestHouse
How old?
Well,
Constructed 1892
Repaired after decades in 1963
And
We stay & work in such treasured & loved 131 yr old Forest Rest Houses/Inspection Huts in 2023 still..
#RaipurRange #SipnaWLDiv
#MelghatTigerReserveHeritage