Bison rescued from abandoned well in Chapramari Forest

Bengal

XJalpaiguri: In a remarkable rescue operation, forest personnel from the Chalsa Range saved a bison that had fallen into an abandoned well near the old Chapramari Railway Station around 1 pm on Tuesday.

According to forest officials, the now-defunct railway station once operated inside the Chapramari forest until 1996. Behind it stood a small settlement known as Chapramari Basti.

After the area was declared part of the Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary, the residents were relocated, and the station was shut down. However, a few remnants of that period — including an old unused well — still remain within the forest.

On Tuesday afternoon, forest workers on routine patrol noticed the trapped bison struggling inside the well.

The team immediately launched a rescue operation, digging a