Articles tagged under: Forest Department

Boat seized in Dolphin poaching case had satellite phone; Accused on two days remand

March 18, 2023
Boat seized in Dolphin poaching case had satellite phone; Accused on two days remand

Porbandar: The police found a satellite phone on the boat seized in the dolphin hunting case in Porbandar. In a joint operation with the Indian Coast guard, the forest department on Thursday arrested ten fishermen with 22 dead dolphins in a boat 12 nautical miles off Porbandar Coast. The court approved a 2-day remand of the accused found on the ship. The investigation was led by the Special Operation Group (SOG). They discovered that one of the accused, Anthony Barla, was the owner of the ...Read More

Gang of Dolphin poachers busted off Gujarat coast; bodies of 24 dolphins recovered

March 16, 2023
Gang of Dolphin poachers busted off Gujarat coast; bodies of 24 dolphins recovered

Porbandar: The forest department of Gujarat has busted a gang of Dolphin poachers off the Porbandar coast in the Saurashtra region. This is the first of its kind of operation. In a joint operation with the Indian Coast guard, the forest department arrested 10 fishermen with 24 dead dolphins in a boat off Porbandar Coast. The boat's name is Dayana's - 2. According to the preliminary investigation, the boat had left Kochi on 26 February. The forest department has reported that the ten indivi...Read More

Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre of Gujarat Forest department opened at Bilasiya

January 13, 2023
Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre of Gujarat Forest department opened at Bilasiya

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today dedicated a wildlife rehabilitation center at Bilasiya in Daskroi taluka, virtually from Ahmedabad. This latest facility of the Forest department of the Government of Gujarat will offer rehabilitation to the wild animals that are captured from human habitation areas. It will also offer rehabilitation to injured wildlife animals. A 23,000-square-meter facility has been developed at a cost of around Rs. 2.72 crores. It has the facilitie...Read More

No evidence of Tiger in Mahisagar : Forest Department

January 12, 2023
No evidence of Tiger in Mahisagar : Forest Department

Mahisagar: The forest department has dismissed the claims of tiger sightings in Janod Village of Mahisagar District. Since last Friday, residents of Janod village are claiming to have spotted a tiger, later villagers said that they saw the pug marks of the tiger. But the forest department still maintains that it might have been a leopard. The Range forest officer of Balasinor, Juhi Chaudhary said, "We have found old pug marks which are 10 cm in length. These pug marks look like that of a l...Read More

રાજ્યમાં વનરક્ષક-બીટગાર્ડની ૮૨૩ જગ્યાઓની સીધી ભરતીથી જગ્યાઓ ભરાશે

October 18, 2022
રાજ્યમાં વનરક્ષક-બીટગાર્ડની ૮૨૩ જગ્યાઓની સીધી ભરતીથી જગ્યાઓ ભરાશે

-- ઓનલાઈન ફોર્મ સબમીટ કરવાની પ્રક્રિયા તા.૧/૧૧/૨૦૨૨ થી તા.૧૫/૧૧/૨૦૨૨ સુધીની રહેશે -- ઉમેદવારોના હિતમાં તેમનો કિંમતી સમય બચે તે માટે ફી ભરવા માટે e pay સિસ્ટમ લાગુ કરવામાં આવશે ગાંધીનગરઃ  વન અને પ...Read More

Gujarat Government to recruit on 823 posts in Forest Department

October 18, 2022
Gujarat Government to recruit on 823 posts in Forest Department

Gandhinagar: The state government has announced the recruitment for 823 posts of forest guards. Cabinet Minister of Forest Kiritsinh Rana declared that the direct recruitment of 823 posts of forest guards will be done for the forest department. The online forms can be filled from 1st November to 15th November. The candidates will be able to pay the fees online through e-payment or at a nearby post office. The recruitment of 334 posts was undertaken previously for the forest department, in ...Read More

રાજ્ય વન રક્ષક કર્મચારી મંડળની બંને માંગણીનો સ્વીકાર થતાં હડતાળ મોકૂફ

September 22, 2022
રાજ્ય વન રક્ષક કર્મચારી મંડળની બંને માંગણીનો સ્વીકાર થતાં હડતાળ મોકૂફ

ગાંધીનગરઃ  ગુજરાત રાજ્ય વન રક્ષક કર્મચારી મંડળના હોદ્દેદારો સાથે બુધવારે મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્રભાઈ પટેલના નેતૃત્વમાં રચાયેલી મંત્રીશ્રીઓની કમિટી સાથે મળી હતી. આ બેઠકમાં મંડળના હોદ્...Read More

Forest department in Gujarat on alert after reports of Tiger movement in Gujarat

September 01, 2022
Forest department in Gujarat on alert after reports of Tiger movement in Gujarat

Mahisagar: Residents of Pandarwara village of Khanpur taluka of Mahisagar district have made claims about a tiger eating their livestock. Even though any proof did not substantiate this claim till Wednesday, it has kept forest officials on their toes. According to villagers, the tiger is making the domesticated animals his food for about 15 days. After receiving the report from villagers, the Forest department has increased the area's vigil, but it might also be a false alarm. Deputy conse...Read More

3 arrested for tormenting lion, making viral video of act on social media

July 23, 2022
3 arrested for tormenting lion, making viral video of act on social media

Amreli: The forest department has registered an offence and arrested three people for harassing a lion, which was crossing the bridge over a river at Rampara -2 village near Rajula of Amreli district, and making viral a video of the act on social media. According to details made public by DCF, Jayant Patel, and RFO, Vegda, certain people were involved in harassing a lion which was passing over the river bridge at Ramapara -2 village. When the terrified lion started running, these people recor...Read More

Two teams of SRP jawans deployed in Dang forests to combat unlawful activities

July 06, 2022
Two teams of SRP jawans deployed in Dang forests to combat unlawful activities

Dang: The Forest Department has become serious about crushing the unlawful activities going on in Dang district. After the incident in which a barely known, Iskhandi Jagiri Mandal, laid siege to the district collectorate at Ahwa and held it hostage for four hours, two groups of SRP jawans have now been deployed at the North and South Forest Department ranges. Lumber smugglers have now set their sights on the green and prosperous forests of Dang districts. With each passing day, lumber smuggle...Read More