Participation is secured by ensuring that decisions are made by the citizens themselves and there is a contract between the Department and the local unit (village), obligations and rights are mutual and the relationship between all the stakeholders is being one of reciprocity and partnership. Through this approach, the Department gains the trust and confidence of the citizens. The governments of Odisha and the Govt. of India have also decided to institute the award called 'Prakruti Bandhu/ Prakruti  Mitra award' and 'Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra award' to be given to persons and institutions in recognition of exceptional contributions in  the field of Afforestation, Conservation of Forests and Development of Wastelands.

5) Postal address of the Office:

6) Working Hours both for office and public:

   Working hours for office are from 10 AM to 5 PM with a lunch break between 1.30 PM to 2.00 PM. Every opportunity and facility is given to public to contact Forest Officers viz  (i) Divisional Forest Officer, Contact day & time being every Saturday between 3.00 PM and 5.00 PM in his office chamber

7) Public Interaction (if any):

     As cooperation of almost all stakeholders is necessary for any forest development programmes and involvement of public in the programmes various state level functions such as World Forestry Day, World Environment Day, Vana Mahotsava and Wildlife week are being celebrated with much enthusiasm every year on March 21st, June 5th, July 1-7 and October 2-8 respectively for creating awareness among the public towards forest & wildlife development aspects.

8) Grievance Redress Mechanism:

   Grievance redress mechanism adopted by the Forest Division is based on bottom up process. When the Forester during field visit identify the problems arising from the village level, he tries to solve the problems in organizing VSS meeting. If public grievance come out from village level or above section/beat level and reaches to Range level, it is resolved by concerned Range Officer. Similarly, any grievance which arises above Range level, the problem is sorted out by the Assistant Conservator of Forests or Divisional Forest Officer who during his field visit enquires about the problem, make night halts to collect information, and discuss with the public. In the same way, the problems/ any public grievance which come above district level, it is either enquired by the Circle Conservator or senior officer deputed by PCCF, Odisha. Grievances are usually heard by DFO, CF and PCCF.

9) Map of Office Location:

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