ASecret Service Fundto encourage informants to help curbforest crimessuch as wildlife hunting, encroachments and smuggling would soon be set up by the , forest ministerA Indrakaran Reddysaid
Addressing forest officials and other stakeholders at a one-day workshop by Telangana state forest department at the Dr Marri Channa Reddy Human resource development Institute, the minister said thatCM K Chandrasekhar Raohas allocated Rs 4.06 crore for the Secret Service Fund.
The responsibility of forest officials has increased further in the wake of CMs emphasis on curbing forest crimes.