The human resource starved tiger reserve Palamu will find a new fleet of 142 forest guards. North division and South division of PTR will have 57 and 85 forest guards respectively.
Out of 142 strength of forest guards the number of women forest guards is 7. Out of 7 four women forest guards will be in the South division.
Deputy director North A K Mishra and deputy director South Mahalinga have confirmed 57 and 85 appointments of forest guards in PTR.
Sources said PTR field director M P Singh has requested latehar minister incharge Saryu Roy to hand over the appointment letters to these forest guards. The minister is said to have given his consent to grace this appointment letter disbursement.
PTR authorities have selected International Tiger Day which falls on July 29 for Minister Saryu Roy to give away the appointment letters to the forest guards. Sources said Saryu Roy has thrown his weight behind PTR as it was he who had made all the various departments of latehar administration right from electricity to DSW to sit together to chalk out a coordinated plan for the effective and better management of the PTR.
Sources said PTR will have so many hands after a period of almost 20 years or more.
Sources said the new recruits will be trained to do guarding of forest specially when PTR has both the herbivore and carnivore and the jumbos which are most difficult to handle.
Forest guards remain unarmed here except for one lathi and tangee.
Sources said PTR will now have young blood as its old and existing work force now is 55 plus age.