Hyderabad, June 10 (Representative) India’s first travelling Photo Exhibition on Tiger was inaugurated at KBR Park, here on Friday evening. Senior IFS officer Rakesh Mohan Dobriyal, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF), HoFF (Head of Forest Force) who was Chief Guest inaugurated the exhibition along with Mr VC Sajjanar, Vice Chairman and MD of TSRTC. Speaking on the occasion, Rakesh said we have 3167 tigers in India and 53 Tiger Reserves. In Telangana, we have two tiger reserves. We also have 30 tigers. Whenever prime habitat exists, there the tigers live. If tigers habituating means it is a good forest, he said The event was a joint initiative of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation(TSRTC), Indian Photo Festival and ICBM-SBE. The Hyderabad on Wheels, TSRTC bus in which the photo exhibition is on will be parked at KBR Park for the next two days. 18 photographs which are the hard labour of 13 years of effort of wildlife photographer Dr Jitender Govindani, a professor by work were on display. Starting from today, the next 30 days India’s first Travelling Photo Exhibition on a TSRTC bus will travel to different parts of Hyderabad.
If people can’t go to the forest to see the Tiger, we want to take the tiger to them through this exhibition, said Mr Sajjanar, on the occasion. He said Tigers form an important component in biodiversity. With this people can see tigers and their rare moments captured by the photographer, he said. Wildlife Photographer Dr Jitender Govindani said the 18 photographs which were on display were the result of months of waiting and patience in deep jungles. Sometimes I had to return without clicking a single picture even after 20 days of waiting in the deep jungles. These pics are the outcome of hard labour of 13 years he said. Tiger has an economic value of Rs 280 crore. Nearly 300 rivers originate from Tiger Reserves in India, he added. Aquin Mathews, the man behind Indian Photo Festival said Photography is the best medium to promote conservation. The importance of wildlife photography is that it evokes emotion, and awakens the spirit of conservation. The travelling photo exhibition is the best thing to liberate the power of photography. It is tough to capture wildlife photos. You need tonnes of patience, he said. Since the public doesn’t go to photo galleries, we are taking photo galleries to them through this unique travel photo exhibition, he informed.