DEBIDUTTA BISWAL IS NEW PCCF (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: Veteran Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Debidutta Biswal has been appointed as the new Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and Head of Forest Force, Odisha. Biswal, a 1988-batch IFS officer of Odisha Cadre, has been promoted to the Apex Scale (Level-l7 in the Pay Matrix) and his new appointment will come into force from his date of joining as PCCF. Biswal has been serving as Director of Mines since July 2020. He was appointed as in-charge PCCF and Head of Forest Force following the retirement of former PCCF Sisir Kumar Ratho on June 30.
JUMBOS DESTROY HOUSES, FARM IN K’HANDI (Pix)
Bhawanipatna: A herd of wild elephants wreaked havoc in Kalahandi's Lanjigarh block on Wednesday night. The wild elephants from the Niyamgiri hills came and destroyed four houses in Kandh Basantpada village under Basantpada gram panchayat. The herd also destroyed a banana farm of a famer. People ran out of their homes after the elephants invaded their houses. The locals have informed the authorities about the matter.