NAGPUR: In a belated move, the state government on Monday appointed 48 honorary wildlife wardens in 26 districts in
Maharashtra. The three-year tenure of wardens, who were appointed in 2017, had come to an end last year.
Among those who figure in the list include Roheet Karu, Uddhamsingh Yadav and Ajinkya Bhatkar (Nagpur), Kaushal Mishra & Sanjay Ingle (Wardha), Mukund Dhurve & Sawan Bahekar (Gondia),
Shahid Khan & Nadeem Khan (Bhandara), Milind Umre (Gadchiroli), Manjitsingh Sikh (Buldhana), Sawan Deshmukh & Jayant Wadatkar (Amravati), Vikram Rajurkar & Bal Kalne (Akola), Vivek Karambelkar (Chandrapur), Ramzan Virani and Shyam Joshi (Yavatmal), Gaurav Ingle (Washim).
Others are from Marathwada and Western Maharashtra.