The ‘crocodiles of the department’ grazed the crocodiles: the tourists do not know, but the officers of the department were ignored ..

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The ‘crocodiles of the department’ grazed the crocodiles: the tourists do not know, but the officers of the department were ignored ..

Devesh Sahu / Balodabazar. In the name of luring tourists in the Baranvapara Sanctuary, located about 40 km away from Kasdol block of Balodabazar district of Chhattisgarh, officers are becoming a source of income. The crocodile rearing center (Crocodile Park) inside the sanctuary is a great example of this. This project has been closed after blowing more than crores of rupees.

It may be noted that in order to attract tourists and increase their number in the sanctuaries, a few years ago a crocodile rearing center was set up by the department at Marer Talab located in the Kothari range of Baranwapara by spending crores of rupees. Along with this, crocodiles were also brought and kept, but due to lack of care and negligence of the department, these crocodiles died one after the other. And the remaining crocodiles were released in the jungle safari of Raipur. Interestingly, when our colleague tried to inquire about this, the ranger of Kothari range, Jeevan Sahu, not only refused to answer, but also hurled abuses.

I don’t know if there is anything like this in Baranvapara Sanctuary: DFO

On the other hand, on asking Balodabazar District Forest Divisional Officer Mayank Agarwal about the crocodile breeding center, he said that he does not know if there is anything like this in Baranvapara Sanctuary. If you want information, then give an application, if it is there, then you will get the information. When asked about the crocodile breeding center, it is clearly evident from the attitude of the officials that the crocodile breeding center built after spending crores is neither in existence nor is it being used. Officers got a lot of cream from the crores of rupees spent in its construction and stopped this project.

Officer found absent in office, did not even pick up the phone

How the officers take advantage of having offices in the middle of the forests at the end of the district can be clearly seen in the offices located in the Baranvapara sanctuary. Ranger Krishanu Chandrakar and Assistant Forest Conservator Anand Kudaria were absent from 10 am to 5 pm. Chhabi Lal Suri, a contract worker present in the office, told that the officers do not come to the office. He works while staying in his bungalow. We deliver the file in Bangla itself. After this, an employee took the file and took it to the bungalow of the ranger. On the other hand, News2News.in’s team sat waiting for the officers in the office from morning till evening and kept calling continuously, but the ranger did not consider it appropriate to pick up the phone and neither reached the office.

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