Forest Conservator Coco Rose of North Kumaon Circle of Almora and Divisional Forest Officer Dhruv Singh Martolia of Civil Soyam Forest Division have been suspended with immediate effect on the charge of negligence in the Binsar forest fire incident. Chief Forest Conservator of Kumaon P K Patro has been attached to the Chief Forest Conservator (HOF) office of Uttarakhand in Dehradun with immediate effect.

Two forest officials have been suspended for negligence in duty after four people died in a fire at the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary in Almora district of Uttarakhand. Officials gave this information on Friday. Talking to reporters, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “This action is also a warning to the officers in the future because we have been instructing the higher officials for a long time to go to the ground themselves and take stock of the situation and not to show any kind of negligence in this.”

According to the order issued by PTI, Forest Conservator Coco Rose of North Kumaon Circle of Almora and Divisional Forest Officer Dhruv Singh Martolia of Civil Soyam Forest Division have been suspended with immediate effect on charges of negligence in the Binsar forest fire incident. Chief Forest Conservator of Kumaon P K Patro has been attached to the Chief Forest Conservator (HOF) office of Uttarakhand in Dehradun with immediate effect.