Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu released a book on the snakes found in Himachal Pradesh on Friday (17 November)

• The book, titled ‘Snakes of Himachal Pradesh’, was compiled and edited by the principals of the State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Omesh Kumar Bharti and DD Bisht.
• The Chief Minister evinced interest in the documentation on venomous and non-venomous snakes in Himachal Pradesh and said efforts were required to create awareness among people in the state on this issue.
• The book contains photographs of snakes at different locations in Himachal Pradesh, which have been documented and identified by a team of researchers led by Anita Malhotra, a molecular biologist from Bangor University in the United Kingdom, of which Bharti was a part.