Bhubaneswar: Member of Lokayukta Dr Debabrata Swain on Thursday presented a copy of his book ‘Secrets of Smilipal – A Wonderland of Elephants and Melanistic Tigers’ to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Niwas, here.
The book has been jointly published by Astral International Private Limited, New Delhi and Save Elephant Foundation Trust, Odisha. The chief minister has written a foreword for the book.
Naveen appreciated the efforts of the author for highlighting Similipal and its bio-diversity. The book, which has many fascinating features of the flora and fauna of Similipal, will be useful for forest managers, researchers, scholars and nature lovers.
