JAMMU: The State Government on Tuesday ordered medical examination of two officials of the Forest Department who were found under the influence of alcohol during duty hours.
During a surprise check at Forest Check Post, Khada Maddana on Purmandal road, two officials were found in drunken condition. The officials were sent for medical examination at Government Medical College & Hospital, Jammu. The Instructions were issued to the senior officers of the Forest Department to carry out inspections and visits to the forest check posts and other units which are supposed to be functional during night.
“If officials aren’t taking their job seriously, they have no right to be in the system,” the government said, adding that “a culture of honest and accountable working has to be developed among the official machinery which would help the system to grow and help it serve the people better.”