CM Dhami punished three officers of Kumaon
Almora: Four people, including a forest beat officer and two fire watchers of the Forest Department, who had come to extinguish the forest fire in Binsar Sanctuary on Thursday evening, were burnt to death. While four are still serious.
CM Dhami has taken a strict stance on the death of four forest workers due to forest fire in Almora, Uttarakhand. Three officers of Kumaon have been punished. Chief Conservator North and DFO Almora have been suspended. At the same time, CCF Kumaon has been attached. Following the instructions of CM Dhami, now the department is going to take action against them.
On Thursday evening, four people, including a forest beat officer of the Forest Department and two fire watchers, who had come to extinguish the forest fire in Binsar Sanctuary, were burnt to death. While four are still serious. He was referred to a higher centre. The fire was so huge that fire watchers and PRD soldiers did not even get a chance to escape from it. When forest department officials got information about the team being stranded in the forest, Forest Range Officer Manoj Sanwal and other employees reached the spot. By then four people had died.
In forest fire, Forest Beat Officer Binsar Range Trilok Singh Mehta (40) son of Narayan Singh, resident of Udalgaon Badechina, daily wage laborer Diwan Ram (35) son of Padi Ram resident of village Souda Kapadkhan, Fire Watcher Karan Arya (21) son of Bishan Ram resident of Kapadkhan and PRD. Jawan Puran Singh (50), son of Diwan Singh, resident of village KalaunDied on the spot.These were the injuredFire watcher Krishna Kumar (21) son of Narayan Ram resident of village Bhetuli, PRD jawan Kundan Singh Negi (44) son of Pratap Negi resident of village Khankhari Driver Bhagwat Singh Bhoj (38) son of Bachi Singh resident of village Bhetuli, daily wage laborer Kailash Bhatt (54) Son Badridatt Bhatt, resident of village Dhaneli, Almora, seriously burntWent.
