The deaths of three tribal schoolgirls to snakebite at Japtalai ashram school in Gadchiroli district, followed by another fatal bite in Akola, have put snakebite prevention back in the spotlight across Maharashtra, with opposition parties targeting the government even as authorities moved to arrest school officials. Gajendra Surkar, former president of the Vidarbha Sarpamitra Mandal and a veteran snake expert who also runs awareness programmes i…
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