The Punjab Forest Department has suspended a block officer, Amar Singh, in the alleged felling of more than two dozen trees in front of a commercial plot opposite Indus International Hospital along the Chandigarh-Ambala national highway.A forest guard has already been suspended by DFO Amneet Singh till the conclusion of an investigation into the matter.Singh said, “A block officer has also been suspended in the matter. An investigation has been initiated in the matter.”Dera Bassi SHO Sumit Mor had earlier said, “Three minors were booked for cutting 25-30 trees after a complaint was received from employees at the nearby toll plaza.”On March 13, Chandigarh Tribune had highlighted the matter in its report titled “3 juveniles booked over tree felling in Dera Bassi”. Several trees were felled without due permission on the National Highway. Environmentalists raised concerns over the repeated cutting down of green trees on the roadside without permission. People said large-scale cutting of trees was going on unabated in the Dera Bassi area even though there had been an alarming rise in air pollution due to industrial units in the area.