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Women Forest Guards at KazirangaCEFR A1
3 Nov 2025
Adapted from Arpita Das Choudhury, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by muallim nur, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
70 words
- More than 5,000 women work in India’s forests.
- Many are forest guards at Kaziranga National Park.
- Kaziranga is 430 square kilometres in Assam.
- They joined in August 2023 as Van Durgas.
- They trained at the 11th Assam Police Battalion.
- Patrols start at 5 a.m. and continue at night.
- Guards walk fences with 7.62 mm SLRs.
- They helped during the July 2024 flood.
- Officers praise them and call them role models.
Difficult words
- woman — An adult female human.women
- work — To do a job or task.
- forest — A large area with many trees.forests
- protect — To keep safe from harm.
- challenges — Difficult situations or problems.
- patrol — To go around an area to check it.
- animal — Living creatures, often not plants.animals
- tiger — A large wild cat with stripes.tigers
Tip: hover, focus or tap highlighted words in the article to see quick definitions while you read or listen.
Discussion questions
- Why do you think women are chosen for this role?
- What challenges might they face?
- How do you feel about the work they do?
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