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The Kerala Forest section connected Friday (June 5, 2026) introduced a bid of technology-driven initiatives aimed astatine improving nationalist work delivery, monitoring infrastructure, and streamlining the absorption of forest-related cases.
The initiatives see a 24/7 Forest Call Centre, an online reporting and monitoring portal for star fences, and the integration of the (Hostile Activity Watch Kernel) level for handling wood offence records to courts online done the District Court Management System (DCMS).
The section has launched the telephone centre done its existing toll-free fig 1800-425-4733. The work volition beryllium shifted to a three- oregon four-digit abbreviated codification fig erstwhile it becomes available, authoritative sources said.
The telephone centre volition relation arsenic a single-window strategy for the nationalist to get accusation related to the department, study the beingness of chaotic animals extracurricular wood areas, and petition the removal of chaotic animals that participate quality habitation areas.
When requests relating to wildlife beingness are received, the details volition beryllium recorded successful a dedicated portal. The caller volition past person an SMS containing accusation that volition alteration them to way the presumption of actions taken. Simultaneously, the accusation volition beryllium forwarded done the WildWatch mobile exertion to the respective Division Forest Emergency Operation Centre (DFEOC), Rapid Response Team (RRT) oregon the scope bureau for contiguous tract action.
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The reporting strategy is meant to efficaciously show the functioning, maintenance, and inspection of star fences crossed Kerala.
While the postulation of real-time accusation connected the operational presumption and attraction of star fences has been a hard and time-consuming process, steps person been adopted for each wood stations and sections to study the operational presumption of star fences wrong their jurisdiction done an online portal.
The strategy volition grounds details including the magnitude of functioning and non-functioning star fences, damages, repairs and inspection records.
All accusation reported from wood stations and sections volition beryllium consolidated successful an online monitoring portal and displayed done a dashboard. The portal besides helps place stretches that person not been inspected for much than 48 hours since the past recorded inspection.
The integration of the HAWK level done the DCMS volition alteration the submission of records related to wood offences to courts. HAWK is an integrated level developed by combining aggregate modules, including transgression management, wildlife mortality monitoring, information analytics, geospatial analysis, mobile applications, and command-and-control monitoring.
