Forest department

Currently, wildfires are tearing through more than 130 forest areas across Odisha, and it’s spreading fast. Places like Karlapat Sanctuary in Kalahandi South, along with the Mohan, Chitrakonda, Rayagada, and Udayagiri ranges, are getting…

Cuttack: The Forest Department has reportedly banned boating in the Mahanadi River in Cuttack for seven days in view of the annual census of the crocodiles and birds, informed sources. As per the decision taken by the Forest Department,…

Bhubaneswar: The forest department of Odisha has inducted ‘Yodha’ and ‘Thar’ to guard the illegal poaching of wild animals, to extinguish forest fires in Odisha, in a special programme at Botanical Garden in Bhubaneswar on Friday. In a…

Balasore: A seven-foot-long crocodile was rescued from a canal near Bichitrapur beach in Bhogarai block of Balasore district in Odisha on Friday. It is suspected that the crocodile might have escaped to the canal during cyclone ‘Dana’.…

Nabarangpur: A bear was seen sleeping in an under-construction building of the school. The school teachers immediately informed the higher authorities and the forest department about the whereabouts of the bear. The students were sent back…

Bhubaneswar: The Government of Odisha has taken into account the recent death cases of forest officials and has decided to provide protection to forest officials. The government shall provide protection to forest officials wherein no…

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik reviewed the achievements of the major projects of the Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department of the last four years in the 3rd floor Conference Hall of Lokaseva Bhawan today. After…

Mohana: A rare species of rat was rescued by the officials of Forest Department from a hotel in Odisha’s Gajapati district on Sunday. Based on a tip off, a special team of Chandragiri Forest Range conducted a raid on Hotel Rajput…

Sambalpur: Officials of the forest department, who were probing the death of an elephant which died after coming in contact with livewire in Sadar range of Sambalpur Forest Division of Odisha, reportedly arrested three poachers. A team…

A group of fishermen and employees from the forest department freed two dolphins that were entangled in fishing nets in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram on Wednesday. A heartwarming video, shared by IAS officer Supriya Sahu, shows the…