Tree chopping in DC office complex; administration acts against staff
The Udupi district administration has initiated a departmental probe against the member-secretary of the District Office Complex Core Committee due to the unauthorized chopping of fruit-yielding trees. Additional Deputy Commissioner Abid Gadyal has also ordered the dismissal of two outsourced employees involved in the incident. The administration emphasized that the tree removal was done without proper notification and against their directives.
- ▪A departmental probe has been ordered against the member-secretary of the District Office Complex Core Committee.
- ▪Two outsourced employees have been dismissed for their involvement in the tree chopping incident.
- ▪The administration had previously instructed against the removal of trees in the complex.
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The Udupi district administration on Tuesday, ordered departmental probe against the member-secretary of the District Office Complex Core Committee following the reported chopping of several fruit-yielding trees in the complex on Monday.Additional Deputy Commissioner Abid Gadyal also ordered dismissal of two outsourced employees working under the core committee. Referring to news reports appearing in these columns on April 28 about the tree chopping, Mr. Gadyal said trees were chopped without bringing the issue to the notice of the district administration.Despite there being a clear direction from the administration not to chop the trees, the action amounted to dereliction of duty.
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