Dehradun, Dec. 11 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, during a review meeting of the Forest Department at the Secretariat, directed officials to ensure effective efforts at both the departmental and administrative levels to eliminate human-wildlife conflict.

CM Dhami instructed that Forest Department teams must reach the incident site within 30 minutes of receiving information about any such conflict. Responsibility for this should be clearly assigned to the concerned DFOs and Rangers. Immediate financial assistance must be provided to the affected individuals.

In view of the rising incidents of human-wildlife conflict in Pauri district, the Chief Minister ordered the immediate removal of the Pauri DFO from his post.

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