A Senior Correspondent for Environment, Women and Child Development with the Maharashtra Times, Chaitralis focus is on augmenting the limited coverage of environmental issues in the regional media. She has reported extensively on issues like climate change, environment conservation, man animal conflict, poaching, effects of water and air pollution on environment, etc. Her in-depth reporting on the Western Ghats, and poaching of animals in the Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary has led to direct action by the Forest Department.