New Delhi, March 3 -- Forest guard Chandramani Sahu is in charge of the environmental education coordination programme at the Nandanvan Jungle Safari at Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Here, the state forest department's Prakriti Darshan or View Nature programme, which aims to inculcate environmental awareness in school students and college goers, is conducted regularly.

As part of the programme, participants are taken on tours, along with nature guides inside Nadanvan, which has a zoo as well as a safari arrangement, and informed in detail about forest and wildlife. While the zoo area has a foot trail, safaris take place in caged vehicles from which animals roaming in open spaces can be viewed.

"As part of the programme, the participants g...