New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The environment ministry is irked by images of African elephants on stamps released by the tourism ministry to mark World Tourism Day Monday — and shot off a letter expressing unhappiness.
The tourism ministry released 18 stamps on India’s rich biodiversity to highlight important tourism interest spots.
The ministry released full-page ads in national dailies with the stamps. The goof up has led Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to write to Tourism Minister Kumari Selja.
‘The minister wrote after receiving a number of phone calls from elephant experts. He wrote that such a bloomer could have been avoided,’ said a senior ministry official.
