Birds of Ramanathapuram come alive in this book
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A. S. Marimuthu, (third from right) Wildlife Warden, Ramanathapuram Wildlife Division, releases the book in Ramanathapuram on Friday. | Photo Credit: BALACHANDAR L
A.S. Marimuthu, Wildlife Warden, Ramanathapuram, and District Forest Officer P. Arun Kumar released a book published by Tamil Nadu Forest Department on birds of Ramanathapuram district.
The book was written along with the inputs of ornithologists and bird watchers.
Mr. Marimuthu praised the efforts of the forest department officials and bird watchers in writing this book. He said that initially funds were allocated by the government to publish books on birds found at the five bird sanctuaries in the district. Later, it was decided to write a book on birds found across the district, he added.
No guardian for these lakes
No guardian for these lakes
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Feb 10, 2021, 06:00 IST
Denotification slashed area of Hebbal,
Nagavara lakes by half and now,
BBMP doesn t want custody and even Forest Dept is reluctant to clear encroachments
T he State Government’s proposal to hand over Hebbal and Nagavara
lakes from the
Forest Department to the
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP’s) Lakes Department is going to be delayed. Half of the land of these lakes were denotified for various purposes, including construction of the Ring Road, Forest Department’s nursery, Gandhi Krishi Vidya Kendra (GKVK), etc. As a result, the BBMP is now reluctant to take custody of the lakes as their size has shrunk post denotification.
Fishlings released to feed birds in sanctuaries
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Forest department officials release fishlings into a waterbody at Therthangal bird sanctuary in Ramanathapuram district on Saturday. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT E MAIL
Ramanathapuram
The forest department officials of Ramanathapuram district released fishlings into waterbodies at the five bird sanctuaries in the district on Saturday, to feed the local and migratory birds.
The fishlings were released in the waterbodies at Therthangal, Chithirangudi, Kanjirankulam, Mela Selvanoor- Keela Selvanoor and Sakkarakottai sanctuaries.
They were released based on the instructions of A.S. Marimuthu, Wildlife Warden. S. Ganesalingam, Assistant Conservator of Forests; S. Sathish, Forest Range Officer, Ramanathapuram; E. Rajasekar, Forester, forest guards, anti-poaching watchers and villagers were present at the event.
CAT stays forest officer’s transfer order
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The Central Administrative Tribunal has stayed the transfer order of an Indian Forest Service officer in Manipur on the ground that he has been transferred too often and in violation of service rules.
N. Ganesh, a 2015 batch IFS officer, had filed a petition for quashing the January 27 government order that sought to transfer him from Divisional Forest Officer in Chandel district to DFO, Division 1 of Soil and Water Conservation Department. The applicant argued that the transfer order was in violation of the IFS Rules of 1966 and that a cadre officer cannot be replaced by a non-cadre officer.
2 jumbos killed after being hit by goods train in Rourkela Post News Network
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The mishap occurred near Mahipani area of Bisra in Sundargarh district.
“Around 30 staff of our department were crossing the railway track along with the elephants when the speeding train, which was running at around 100 km speed, hit the two jumbos. Though our staff tried to stop the train by giving signal, it didn’t stop,” said Tankadhar Behera, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Rourkela Division.
The forest department will investigate as to why the train did not stop even after being given signal, the ACF added.