Manipur Forest Department celebrates 95th Foundation Day; focus on technology-driven conservation and transparent governance

Imphal, Nov 2 (UNI) The Manipur Forest Department celebrated its 95th Foundation Day at the Forest Headquarters in Imphal on Monday with serving and retired officers, frontline forest personnel and officials participating both in person and virtually. The celebration highlighted the Department's legacy and achievements while reaffirming its commitment to forest conservation, biodiversity protection, sustainable development and people's livelihoods. Addressing the occasion, Anurag Bajpai, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and Head of Forest Force (HoFF), emphasised that technology must go beyond being a symbol of modernisation and serve as an effective instrument for better forest conservation, transparency and governance.…