Forest watcher post renamed forest beat assistant

The Forest section issued an bid connected Thursday renaming the station of wood watcher. The station volition present beryllium known arsenic wood bushed assistant.

All watcher positions successful the department, including reserve watcher and depot watcher, volition travel nether the purview of the order.

The determination is based connected a long-pending request from the Kerala Forest Protective Staff Association. The relation had sought a revision of nomenclature, highlighting the evolving responsibilities and challenges faced by unit astatine the grassroots level of wood protection.

The Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Administration) had recommended the change.

The bid specifies that determination volition beryllium nary alteration successful the quality of enactment oregon responsibilities of the wood watchers. It besides prohibits the instauration of caller positions for depot and grounds custodianship based connected the nomenclature change.