Punjab Forest and Wildlife Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot on Wednesday made it clear that negligence towards duty will not be accepted at any cost and corrupt officials will not be exempted. “They will be directly thrown out,” he said in a strongly-worded statement.
Dharamsot also made it clear that strict action will be taken against violators indulging in illegal encroachment of Forest Department’s land in the state. The violators will not be exempted, no matter how big they are, he declared, while addressing the press before conducting a state level meeting with officials of forest department at Forest Complex.
He maintained that a concrete action plan will be prepared in this regard.
“The main agenda of the meeting is to boost up the officials of Forest department and to prepare a concrete action plan and to ensure honest and dedicated working procedure by fixing the responsibility of officials,” he said.
He said that work for fixing barbed wire in Kandi area, to ensure protection of crops from wild animals, will be completed soon.
“Some area of forest will also be cultivated to prevent wild animals from the field. This will ensure protection of crops from wild animals as well as wild animals will also get protected,” he added.
Dharamsot, who also holds the portfolio of the state Social Welfare Minister, said that the Atta Dal scheme will be continued as per earlier practice. “To ensure proper distribution, survey will be conducted again and the persons who are not eligible and availing the scheme by any means, will not be exempted,” he said.
Regarding allotment of department to him, he said that he is satisfied with the distribution of departments done by Chief Minister and he will perform dedicatedly for ensuring better working in these departments as these departments are deeply linked with the general public.