20 June 2020



RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh government on Saturday transferred the principal chief conservator of forest (PCCF-wildlife) and reshuffled the posts of eight other Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers following the death of six wild elephants in the state during the span of 10 days.

The government shifted Atul Kumar Shukla PCCF (wildlife) to state research, training, and climate change. A 1987-batch IFS officer PV Narsingh Rao replaced him. Two divisional forest officers (DFOs) of Dharamjaigarh and Balrampur were among the other officials transferred.

The death of six jumbos in just 10 days led the wildlife activists began raising questions over the alleged negligence shown by the state forest department.

Last Tuesday, a male elephant got electrocuted at Girisha village of Dharamjaigarh division in Raigarh after coming in contact with a live wire used for an illegal power connection at a farmland.

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