The Punjab government on Friday suspended a forester and a forest guard for negligence in duty following the axing of 22 trees in a forest area in Gurdaspur district, Punjab forest minister Chunni Lal Bhagat said here.

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He said laxity in official work, especially on issues such as illegal felling of trees, would not be tolerated.
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