Mission Snake Bite Death Free India
A social Media Group on Whatsap started about three years ago by Professor Krishan Kumar Sharma, Well known herpetologist and Former Vice Chancellor of MDS University Ajmer, in view to cause reduction in snake bite death in India that was accounted about 46,000 and over 1,20,000 snake bites. More than 3.4 million deaths after independence and mostly of farmers, labours etc. Within a short period, expert herpetologists, forest officials, medical practitioners, Scientist, academicians, journalists, law experts, Professors, students and snake friends joined this group. Now the group has sub groups as State groups coordinated by State Coordinators from Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Andman Nicobar, MP, UP, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan Gujrat, Tamilnadu, Odisha, Pondycherry. Many other States and UTs are contacting to join. The objectives of this group are:
- Smooth co-existence of humans and snakes on earth
- To help humans and snakes in need
- Generate Awareness among people about Snakes, wealth of snakes,Snake bites and timely approach to hospitals for treatment
- To remove myths about snakes and convey facts about snakes
- To encourage production of adequate amount of Anti Snake Venom, to satisfy the need of our country.
- To make more and more volunteers to help snake bite victims and to save snakes whenever in danger.
In view of the above a website with domain name www. missionsnakebitedeathfreeindia.com has been launched. Feedback from different corners of society are very encouraging. Now people prefer to go to hospital after snake bite than to local healers. This has significantly reduced Snake bite Death and snakes from the anger of human. People have stopped killing snakes rather doing their conservation by protecting their habitats. Governments are thinking to have more and more snake parks, venom extraction centres and anti venom production organizations.
