Guwahati, Oct. 11 -- The leading biodiversity conservation organisation, Aaranyak, has been conducting awareness programmes 'Hogun Mitra' under its Vulture Conservation Initiative across vulture-inhabited areas of Assam since last year.

The initiative aimed to achieve zero vulture deaths in Assam in the coming years.

Branded under the name 'Hogun Mitra', this campaign is designed to actively involve students, farmers, village elders, administrative and forest officials and agricultural officers in the protection and conservation of these vital scavenging birds.

The latest session of the campaign was organised at the auditorium of Khanamukh Higher Secondary School in Sivasagar district, where the event commenced with an inspiring audiov...