Kolkata: 35-year-old daily workers with the Ministry of Forestry, who lost their feet during patrolling Sunderbans eight years ago, got an artificial limb on Monday.
NGO community based in the city for researchers and ecological research (Sher), with the help of the Ministry of Forestry, behind this noble effort.
Sanjay Shil, a Kumirir resident, lost his left foot when a service gun was fired accidentally when he patrolled the Canal Dakshin Chara in the Kathuajhuri forest under the range of basirhat in 2013.
“Since then, I have done office work.
But today, me Can dream of a better life and hope someday I can even return to the job, “Shil said.
The head of the Wildlife Warden VK Yadav appreciated the move and said even though Shil had a temporary limb member, which he got on Monday was much better that would help him do his job in a more efficient way.
The Director of Sunderbans Tiger Reserve Tapas Das said Shil until now depends on the stick and limestone.
“But this is an enhanced quality limb from a German company.
This step will increase the moral field workers and help them understand that the department is always by his side,” he said.
Sher helped in this initiative by Rotary Club from Kolkata Urbana and Sudipta Bandyopadhyay Orthopedic Surgeon.
“We believe, with an increase in his pattern and its function, his life will be easier, especially when negotiating the Sunderbans field,” said Sher Joydip Kundu, added that Shil had taken part in three court sessions with artificial legs with artificial legs.
, The German company from which limbs purchased is the same company that gives the false body members to Oscar Pistorius, 10th athletes to compete in the Paralympics and Olympic matches.
Kolkata: Forest workers get legs with prosthetic limbs
