Sameer Kashmiri
Anantnag, Feb 07 (KNB): Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Kokernag Rouf Rehman has suspended three Revenue officials who have failed to report about the violations having taken place in their jurisdiction in Badoora village Tehsil kokernag.
Kashmir News Bureau received a copy from the sub divisional magistrate Kokernag in which they mention that the concerned employees having failed to take timely action to check the menace and take corrective measures.
Earlier on Tuesday, Kashmir News Bureau filed a news report titled ‘Rampant cutting of walnut trees in Anantnag’
Meanwhile the concerned officials are hereby directed to report in the office of the Tehsildar kokernag till further orders. The concerned Tehsildar is directed to conduct a discreet enquiry into the matter and submit a report within 10 days.
Pertinently, despite the ban of illegal cutting of walnut trees imposed by the government, the south Kashmir’s Anantnag district is being frequently reported for chopping down of certain species of tress including Walnut trees on larger level.
Sources told to Kashmir News Bureau (KNB) that Walnut trees are being illegally cut down at a time when the Horticulture Department is planning to officially declare Kashmiri walnut as ‘fully organic’. The authorities have not been strict with people cutting down walnut trees illegally. (KNB)
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