Coimbatore DFO, Boluvampatti FRO receive awards from Chief Minister
N. Jayaraj, District Forest Officer (DFO), Coimbatore Forest Division, and K. Jayachandran, Forest Range Officer (FRO), Boluvampatti forest range, received awards for the best DFO and FRO on Thursday. The awards were presented by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in Chennai on the occasion of the World Environment Day.
The Chief Minister presented the award to Mr. Jayaraj for the best DFO for the management of human - wildlife conflict in the Coimbatore division for the year 2024-25.
Despite Coimbatore Forest Division being one of the hotbeds of negative interactions between humans and wild animals in the State, the DFO managed to handle the situation efficiently with his subordinate officers and field staff, according to the Forest Department.
Mr. Jayachandran received the award for the best FRO for the year 2024-25 under the Green Tamil Nadu Mission category. Mr. Jayachandran, during his previous post as the FRO, Forest Extension, distributed a total of three lakh saplings of native trees to the public, farmers and institutions in 2024-25 to increase the tree cover.
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