dehradun uttarakhand has suspended the range officer of pakhro range in corbett tiger reserve for his alleged role in illegal tree felling and construction work in the reserve the work was carried out in pakhro to set up a tiger safari in the area envisioned by pm narendra modi in an episode of man vs wild in 2019the suspension order for b b sharma was issued on monday just days after the national tiger conservation authority ntca had confirmed illegal road and building construction in corbett an ntca team had visited the reserve between september 26 and 30 to probe the case the orders were issued by head of the forest force of uttarakhand rajiv bhartari a copy of the order said in continuation of communication of october 22 by ctr director regarding illegal tree felling and construction works b b sharmas role is suspicious therefore he has been suspended from his duties with immediate effectsica top source in the forest department said the chief secretary of the state s s sandhu had also directed the additional chief secretary of forest department anand bardhan to investigate the matter on october 18 bardhan had then directed forest authorities to launch a probe and submit a report by october 24 a day after the report submission the orders for suspension were issued the source saidsupreme court advocate gaurav bansal who had initially alerted ntca to the violations said stern action must be taken against all officers who were involved not just one ntca committee report has clearly stated that forest officers have forged public documents it is high time legal action is taken against those involved in this nexus he saidthe ntca in its report signed on october 22 addressed to adg forests project tiger and member secretary ntca had confirmed the violation of some of the most stringent forest and wildlife laws of the countrythe report had said the height of the contentious kandi road through corbett whose actual width is 3m has been increased by 5ft for up to 12km with width varying from 11m15m without any approval the report also noted that four units of independent buildings were under construction at morghatti and pakhro forest rest house campusthe ongoing construction in one of the highest density habitats of the world without any sanctions and in violation of various statutory provisionscourt orders is an excellent example of both administrative and managerial failure appropriate actions are required against all the forest officers responsible for such grave violations the panel members had said