Chandigarh
A proposal would be sent to the Chief Minister , Punjab to confirm the unskilled workers working in the forest department for the last several years . This was stated by Punjab Forest Minister. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot met a delegation of Forest Workers Union here today.
The Forest Minister said that a proposal would be prepared to ensure that the unskilled workers who have been serving in the department for the last several years would be rehabilitated by adopting a rational process. He said that orders have been issued to the departmental officers to prepare seniority list of forest workers on the basis of overall records .
Mr. Dharamsot also asked the nurseries to start filling the bags in the nurseries and digging holes for the plantation in advance to ensure the success of the plantation . He said that professional method should be adopted while planting and rearing saplings and priority should be given to planting saplings of more than five feet length on the roadsides . He said that besides planting saplings, it was also very important to take care of them. He also emphasized on motivating the citizens of the state to participate in the sacred work of conservation of environment and planting of saplings .
Mr. Dharamsot also directed the forest officials to release the arrears of forest workers immediately, release the arrears of uniforms expeditiously and also implement uniform delivery rates across the state . He also directed the departmental officials to consider the demand of the delegation regarding the adoption of departmental procedure for making payments to the forest workers .
In this meeting Mr. Jatinder Sharma President Chief Forest Officer , Mr. Anoop Upadhyay MD. Forest Corporation , Mr. Praveen Kumar Additional President Chief Forest Officer , Mr. R. By. Mr. Mishra Additional President Chief Forest Officer Wildlife , Mr. Vishal Chouhan Forest Officer Shivalik besides representatives of Forest Workers Union Mr. Amrik Singh , Mr. Balvir Singh , Mr. Ranjit Singh , Mr. Jasveer Singh , Mr. Gurbinder Singh and Mr. Shiv Kumar were present.
