Tag: Athagarh Forest Division

Locals spotted the elephant moving in pain in the Bhramani Bit area under the Narsinghpur West forest range u and informed the forest officials about the ailing elephant.

The skeletal remains were found in Chandragiri forest under Badamba range of Athagarh forest division in Cuttack district.

Cuttack: Officials of Cuttack Forest Division on Sunday arrested a notorious elephant poacher, Babuli Mahalik (45) for his alleged involvement in hunting of over 20 elephants in Athagarh Forest Division of the district. Acting on a tip-off, a special squad of forest officials led by Athagarh Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sasmita Lenka, raided the house […]

Cuttack: Amid rising instances of human-elephant conflict, the officials of Athagarh forest division in Cuttack district are successfully creating bamboo forest using seed balls to ensure proper habitat and food for the pachyderms. Officials of the forest division are of the opinion that bamboo forest will meet the food requirement of the jumbos and they […]