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• Assam IPS officer Partha Sarathi Mahanta has dedicated his national award-winning documentary, “Hargila: The Great Adjutant Stork,” to the ‘Hargila Army,’ a group of women crucial in saving the endangered greater adjutant stork.
• The 19-minute film, produced by Mina Mahanta and Indrani Baruah, received a Special Mention at the 70th National Film Awards, alongside another documentary on anti-witch-hunting activist Birubala Rabha.
• The documentary has gained international recognition, screening at nine film festivals and winning multiple best documentary awards.
• Wildlife conservationist Purnima Devi Barman, who leads the Hargila Army, has been instrumental in these efforts and is currently in Stuttgart for an environmental education program.
• She has received the United Nations Champion of the Earth Award and two Green Oscars from the Whitley Fund for Nature.