Thiruvananthapuram: acknowledged the failure in the case of logging of muttil illegal trees, forest minister A K Saseendran said that actions had been taken against related officials.
Officials at checkpost failed to carry out their duties effectively and they were suspended.
The department plans more actions in this case, said Minister.
Comprehensive investigations are ongoing and the department is evaluating the need for more actions to officials.
In addition to the steps taken, the department also considers the need to change the existing rules and regulations.
The minister said that the Ministry of Forestry had not issued orders in connection with illegal tree logging cases.
He also said that there was no dispute with the income department and all steps were taken after the right discussion between the department.
There was no decision taken without discussing the income department in this case, the minister answered questions raised by the opposition.
However, the opposition boycotted question and answer hours because the government was not ready to carry out judicial investigations into illegal tree logging.
Opposition members accused that large looting was carried out under the government’s command shield, which was issued by last year’s principal secretary, which allowed farmers to fall all categories of trees, except sandalwood, from the land they had a title certificate.
Allegedly that even orders were issued to facilitate the logging of rosewood trees illegally.
They accused that the government did not take action against the actual culprit.
Oppo leader V D Sathheeshan said the logging of muttil trees was the largest forest smuggling in the state in the history recently.
The government tries to protect someone.
He asked how smugglers could transport the timber worth Crores from the rupee from the northern district to Sawmill in Kerumbulam in Ernakulam in the midst of the sidewalk induced by a pandemic without the support of the authorities.
So far, 40 cases have been registered with respect to logging and no one has been arrested.