To commemorate foresters who had laid down their lives to protect forests and wildlife, National Forest Martyrs Day was observed on Wednesday at Forester Memorial in the Forest Research Institute.
The director general of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, SC Gairola, FRI director Arun Singh Rawat, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy director Omkar Singh, Supreme Court monitoring committee secretary MC Ghildiyal, additional principal chief conservator of forests at Dehradun regional office, Pankaj Aggarwal other senior forest officials, scientists and employees of ICFRE and FRI paid floral tributes on the foresters memorial at FRI to honour and remember all men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice for forests and wildlife. National Forest Martyrs Day was also attended by a large number of employees from ICFRE and FRI, IGNFA, IFS probationers and CASFoS trainees. A two-minute silence was observed in memory of the martyrs.
