Udupi: S Prabhakaran, who became the first Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer to scale Mount Everest in 2016 (May 20), has taken charge as the Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) in Udupi. A BSc (Forestry) graduate from Forest College and Research Institute at Mettupalayam and 2011 batch IFS officer from Tamil Nadu, he has earlier […]
Hassan/Sakleshpur : A team of officials attached to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest, Regional Office, Bengaluru, visited Hassan and Sakleshpur to inspect the works on the proposed Yettinahole project, on Monday. During a meeting with locals in Aranya Bhavan, in Hassan, environmentalists expressed their opposition to the project. Environmentalists asked the officials, “Why did […]
16.06.10 Mangalore : A press meet was arranged in the office of deputy conservators of Forests on Wednesday, June 16 in the afternoon. Vijay Kumar, DCF, explained that while many development works are taking place in the state and here, several trees and plants had to be destroyed or cut down to make way for […]
