Chandigarh :
The couple behind one of Scotland’s most
successful export businesses are set to join many members of the Royal Family
on an “insane and crazy” adventure through the wilds of rural India by taking part
in “Travels to my Elephant” for the second time.
After surviving and winning the race in 2015, they are taking to the
rickshaw once again. Puneet
and Poonam Gupta, owners of award-winning PG Paper Company Ltd, will take part
in this exciting race as part of a fleet of 50 Gujarati 3 wheeler Chagdas and
Royal Enfields with side cars will parade 800km across Rajasthan to 101
brightly painted elephant sculptures, all in aid of their endangered wild
cousins to help raise funds to secure their natural
habitat and make a positive impact on the lives of 500,000 families across
India alone.
Rescued
by one of the world’s most charismatic adventurers, the late and very great
Mark Shand, Tara the elephant became the star of his best-selling book ‘Travels
on my Elephant’ and is the inspiration behind this epic journey.
We are aiming to raise an astonishing £1 million from this event alone, to power Elephant Family’s big picture vision to secure a
network of 101 elephant corridors across India. By freeing up the passageways
between the fragments of forest, Elephant Family are playing a key role in finding a way for the world’s biggest, most
intelligent and sadly endangered animals, to survive in our increasingly
crowded world.
2015’sastonishing
efforts resulted in the permanent securement of 4 corridor passageways in Assam, North East
India and enabled 2 entire villages to relocate out
of their migratory routes into safe homes and farmland. This was a
huge win for Asia’s beleaguered elephant population and we are keen to keep
momentum up for the remaining passage ways before time runs out.
Poonam and I are particularly excited
about taking part for the second time in “Travels to my Elephant” this year and
to help highlight and gain more support than previous years for this extremely
worthwhile cause. We found the trip in 2015 truly
humbling from start to finish and I know that every penny raised will make such
a difference in helping the Elephant Family Charityand the many million people
affected, so this year we aim to try and
beat the amount raised on the last trip.
Puneet Gupta, ‘this
cause is really close to my heart. And there is a larger reason attached to it.
As responsible human beings we need to preserve our earth and help other
creatures with whom we share this place. Elephants well being is essential to
the balance of the nature and I am so delighted to be the part of this race. We
will do everything possible to raise awareness and funds for the event.
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