Probe sought into forest office building alterations at Olavakode in Keralam’s Palakkad
Animal and Nature Ethics Community Trust questions proposal to accommodate Wildlife Circle office in a building sanctioned for Eastern Circle office and the Custodian of Vested Forests. It alleges that verbal instructions had been issued to demolish completed record rooms to create space
The Animal and Nature Ethics Community (ANEC) Trust, a wildlife conservation organization based in Kochi, has requested an independent inquiry into alleged irregularities in a Nabard-funded Forest department building at Olavakode, Palakkad in Kerala. The trust expressed concerns over a proposal to accommodate the Wildlife Circle office in a building originally sanctioned for the Eastern Circle office and the Custodian of Vested Forests.
They questioned the verbal instructions to demolish completed record rooms to create space, warning that these alterations could compromise the safe storage and retrieval of over 3,000 files related to vested forest cases, some dating back to 1974. The trust also highlighted a potential conflict of interest, noting that the Chief Conservators of Forests (CCFs) overseeing the Eastern and Wildlife circles are spouses and called for a review of whether the relevant conduct rules and procedures had been adhered to.
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