Illegal tree felling in Belur: Forest Department suspends four officials, recommends action against IFoS officer
1 year, 2 months ago

Illegal tree felling in Belur: Forest Department suspends four officials, recommends action against IFoS officer

The Hindu  

The Forest Department has suspended four officers of Hassan district and recommended disciplinary action against the Deputy Conservator of Forests on charges of dereliction of duty following the illegal felling of 126 trees at Nandagodanahalli in Belur taluk. Further, the Forest Department recommended the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms take action against D. Mohan Kumar, DCF of Hassan, as he is an officer of the Indian Forest Service. Belur tahsildar Mamatha during her visit to the village, noticed the incident and brought it to the attention of Forest Department officials on December 16. Belur tahsildar, Mamatha, stated in her report to the Forest Department on December 21 that the land where the trees were cut was government land and had been granted to a few people.

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NGT Summons UP's Forest Conservator Over Illegal Cutting Of 980 Trees In Greater Noida
1 month, 1 week ago

NGT Summons UP's Forest Conservator Over Illegal Cutting Of 980 Trees In Greater Noida

ABP News  

New Delhi, Feb 9 The National Green Tribunal has observed that the illegal felling of 980 trees in Greater Noida was not taken seriously by the Uttar Pradesh authorities, and asked the principal chief conservator of forest to appear virtually before it on May 13 to apprise it on the action taken. Observing that a significant number of trees have …

Illegal cutting of 980 trees in Greater Noida not taken seriously by U.P. authorities: NGT
1 month, 1 week ago

Illegal cutting of 980 trees in Greater Noida not taken seriously by U.P. authorities: NGT

The Hindu  

w has observed that the illegal felling of 980 trees in Greater Noida was not taken seriously by the Uttar Pradesh authorities and asked the principal chief conservator of forest to appear virtually before it on May 13 to apprise it on the action taken. Observing that a significant number of trees have been cut, a bench of NGT Chairperson …

SC to examine reasons behind DDA’s felling of 1,670 trees in Delhi Ridge area
3 months, 1 week ago

SC to examine reasons behind DDA’s felling of 1,670 trees in Delhi Ridge area

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine the reasons behind the Delhi Development Authority’s decision to fell 1,670 trees in the Delhi Ridge area for a road construction project. The case concerns DDA clearing trees in the Delhi ridge area The court was hearing a contempt petition filed by Delhi resident Bindu Kapurea, which challenges the “illegal” …

Forest watcher in Nagercoil arrested on bribery charge
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Forest watcher in Nagercoil arrested on bribery charge

The Hindu  

A Forest Watcher was caught demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹10,000 from an ex-serviceman, Maharaja, for getting a no-objection certificate from the Forest Department on Tuesday. On October 29,, Palraj, 56, a forest watcher, called Mr. Maharaja and demanded ₹10,000 a bribe when he went for inspection of the site. Later, when Mr. Maharaja went to the office of …

Two arrested for cutting trees inside reserve forest in Tiruchi district
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Two arrested for cutting trees inside reserve forest in Tiruchi district

The Hindu  

A Forest Department team arrested two persons on Saturday after they were allegedly found cutting trees inside the Poigaimalai reserve forest in the district. Acting on information, the team went to the reserve forest where it found two persons, later identified as S. Muniappan, 28, of Vadakku Idaiyapatti and V. Murugesan, 45, of Sesalur village, cutting trees inside the reserve …

TH Impact: Forest Minister orders inquiry into alleged illegal tree cutting in Kodagu
7 months, 2 weeks ago

TH Impact: Forest Minister orders inquiry into alleged illegal tree cutting in Kodagu

The Hindu  

Following a report in The Hindu about the Forest Department allegedly granting permission to cut down 1,118 trees in a coffee plantation in Kodagu district, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has ordered a chief conservator of forests to probe the matter. On August 6, The Hindu published an article titled ‘Forest Department Approves Cutting of 1,118 Trees in Kodagu Plantation; Environmentalists …

Take strict action against accused for attacking forest department staff in Palnadu: Pawan Kalyan
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Take strict action against accused for attacking forest department staff in Palnadu: Pawan Kalyan

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, has directed forest department officials to take strict action against the individuals who attacked forest department staff within the Vijayapuri South Range forest jurisdiction. On Tuesday, Pawan spoke with the Palnadu district collector and superintendent of police over the phone, inquiring about the details of the attack and ordering strict action against the accused. …

Hundreds of trees felled illegally in yard of closed factory in Greater Noida
9 months, 1 week ago

Hundreds of trees felled illegally in yard of closed factory in Greater Noida

Hindustan Times  

Hundreds of fully-grown trees on the premises of a closed factory near Yamaha and close to the Surajpur wetland in Greater Noida were chopped by unidentified persons, alleged environmental activists, adding that the three were felled without taking permission from the forest department. Taking cognisance of the matter, Gautam Budh Nagar forest department issued a notice to a supervisor found …

Forest department notice to DDA over tree-felling inside Sanjay Van
1 year ago

Forest department notice to DDA over tree-felling inside Sanjay Van

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s Forest and Wildlife department has issued a notice to the Delhi Development Authority regarding the illegal felling of trees in Sanjay Van, based on allegations by a group of activists. The department said though it had given permission to prune trees at Sanjay Van last year, based on the complaint, it was seeking a response from the DDA on …

Court pulls up Delhi forest dept for destroying trees citing infra projects
1 year ago

Court pulls up Delhi forest dept for destroying trees citing infra projects

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Wednesday reprimanded the AAP government’s forest department for destroying trees under the pretext of pruning and granting permission to fell trees without passing a non-speaking order saying that the department did not care about the environment. In that order, the high court had directed the government to not grant permission for cutting trees to individuals …

Ludhiana Improvement Trust official files complaint against residents for illegal axing of trees
1 year, 1 month ago

Ludhiana Improvement Trust official files complaint against residents for illegal axing of trees

Hindustan Times  

Officials from the Ludhiana Improvement Trust have lodged a complaint at the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar police station regarding the unauthorised cutting down of trees in Block-E, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Pakhowal Road, in Ludhiana According to the complaint, a large number of trees in Block-E were allegedly cut down by the park management committee and some unidentified individuals for …

Three forest officers suspended in Daund over illegal tree-cutting
1 year, 1 month ago

Three forest officers suspended in Daund over illegal tree-cutting

Hindustan Times  

The forest department on Monday suspended three forest staff from the Daund Range over alleged dereliction of duty after illegal tree-cutting incident was reported in the area. The suspended officials include range forest officer Kalyani Godse and two forest guards Ravindra Dhanaji Magar and Kiran Kadam. The officer said, “There were complaints about Illegal tree cutting, coal mining and illegal …

BJP MP Prathap Simha's Brother Arrested for Illegal Tree Felling in Belur
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP MP Prathap Simha's Brother Arrested for Illegal Tree Felling in Belur

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: The Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament representing the Mysuru-Kodagu parliamentary seat, Prathap Simha’s brother, Vikram Simha, who was absconding, was arrested by forest officials in Bengaluru city on Saturday. Belur Tasildhar Mamatha conducted a spot inspection on the land where illegal tree felling occurred and directed forest officials to take action against the responsible individuals. In filing the …

U’khand forest dept busts timber mafia, recovers 4000 logs of deodar, kail trees
1 year, 6 months ago

U’khand forest dept busts timber mafia, recovers 4000 logs of deodar, kail trees

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand forest department recovered over 4,000 logs of the finest quality of age-old Deodar and Kail trees in Chakrata forest division in a search and seizure operation lasting for ten days, officials said. The raid involved around 150 forest personnel and officials said that they have also unearthed the environmental crimes committed by the “Timber Mafia” over the years. …

Case against forest officers over illegal felling of trees in Karnataka’s Kodagu district
1 year, 7 months ago

Case against forest officers over illegal felling of trees in Karnataka’s Kodagu district

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka forest department has ordered officials to file a criminal case against the deputy conservator of forests, a retired assistant conservator of forests, range forest officer, deputy range forest officer and others for illegally felling and selling 66 valuable teak trees in Kodagu district,officials said. The joint survey is mandatory for cutting trees to transport it to other districts …

Give Directions To Forest Department To Frame Policy On Illegal Tree Felling, Adopt Modalities From Delhi Tree Protection Act: NGT To Punjab
1 year, 7 months ago

Give Directions To Forest Department To Frame Policy On Illegal Tree Felling, Adopt Modalities From Delhi Tree Protection Act: NGT To Punjab

Live Law  

The principal bench of National Green Tribunal has directed Punjab to issue instructuctions to Forest Department to frame policy on illegal tree felling in Punjab. The bench of Acting Chairperson Justice Sheo Kumar Singh, Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi, Dr. A. Senthil Vel said, “we direct Chief Secretary, Punjab to issue a proper instruction to Forest Department to formulate the policy …

Ensure No Offence Under State Trees Act Are Committed In Future: National Green Tribunal To Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 9 months ago

Ensure No Offence Under State Trees Act Are Committed In Future: National Green Tribunal To Andhra Pradesh

Live Law  

Observing that as per Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002 the wrongdoer is penalised for cutting 150 years old four tamarind trees, the National Green Tribunal has directed the state officials to ensure that “no such offences are committed in future”. The bench of Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana and Dr. Satyagopal Korlapati said, “In view of the fact that …

3 forest officials injured in clash with farmers over encroachment of govt land
1 year, 11 months ago

3 forest officials injured in clash with farmers over encroachment of govt land

Hindustan Times  

Three forest officials were injured in a clash with a group of farmers in Gangayyanapalya village of Tumkuru district. Three forest department officials and a few farmers were injured in a clash in Gangayyanapalya village of Tumkuru district. When the department officials reached with earthmovers to dig the trench and mark the forest land on Thursday, there was a scuffle …

Tribals hack forest officer to death over podu land issue
2 years, 3 months ago

Tribals hack forest officer to death over podu land issue

Deccan Chronicle  

KOTHAGUDEM: The ongoing conflict over podu lands took a violent turn on Tuesday, with tribals of the Gothikoya community hacking a forest range officer to death in Bendalampadu of Kothagudem district. Srinivasa Rao, and section officer Rama Rao were inspecting saplings planted by the forest department in Chandrugonda mandal. Rama Rao said that tribals were spotted cutting down saplings planted …

Forest staff face double whammy in safeguarding land
2 years, 3 months ago

Forest staff face double whammy in safeguarding land

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: Officials of the forest department claimed immense pressure in undertaking the podu land survey, with MLAs, politicians and farmers considering forest officials their ‘enemies’ and the police, revenue officials and the administration not cooperating in protecting forest land. In an incident on July 8 this year, two women forest staff and eight Adivasi women were injured in a clash …

Corbett illegal tree felling case: FIR against Uttarakhand IFS officer, others
2 years, 7 months ago

Corbett illegal tree felling case: FIR against Uttarakhand IFS officer, others

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand vigilance department on Monday registered a case against Indian Forest Officer Kishan Chand, and others in a case related to illegal constructions and felling of trees in Corbett Tiger Reserve, said officials. If I have already submitted my reply to the chargesheet, registration of FIR against me is not justified.” In April, taking action against illegal constructions and felling …

Tussle between forest dept, Panchayat Raj in Nirmal
2 years, 8 months ago

Tussle between forest dept, Panchayat Raj in Nirmal

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: A tussle between the officials of the forest department and Nirmal district collector Musharaff Farooqui Ali that had been simmering for the past month took an ugly turn with the sealing of the Kadam forest range officer's office by panchayat raj authorities. Forest officials staged a protest over the sealing of FRO office demanding the immediate handing over of …

Delhi losing its trees due to lack of census, violation of rules
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi losing its trees due to lack of census, violation of rules

Hindustan Times  

Delhi could be losing thousands of trees every year -- thanks to the absence of a tree census and faulty implementation of existing laws. Yet, few mark trees, both within the boundary walls or just outside, and as a result, the forest department claimed, many trees are going missing -- being cut down without any permission being sought. Sarvodaya Enclave, …

Supreme Court stays felling of 11,000 tress on Doon Expressway till November 26
3 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court stays felling of 11,000 tress on Doon Expressway till November 26

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed felling of around 11,000 trees and plants on the Ganeshpur-Dehradun Road stretch, part of the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor until November 26 and also asked National Green Tribunal to decide the plea against forest clearances granted to the Expressway. Supreme Court of India A Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and Vikram Nath set …

Two Forest Dept Officials Suspended Over Alleged Custodial Death in Kerala
4 years, 7 months ago

Two Forest Dept Officials Suspended Over Alleged Custodial Death in Kerala

News 18  

Two forest department officials in Kerala have been suspended, pending an enquiry,in connection with the alleged custodial death of a farmer last month. The Department, in an order, said R Rajesh Kumar, Deputy Range Forest Officer and AK Pradeep Kumar, Section Forest officer, have been suspended, pending an enquiry. "In view of the prima facie possibility that precautionary measures had …

Bhadradri forest officials attacked by farmers
5 years, 8 months ago

Bhadradri forest officials attacked by farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Kothagudem: Five forest officials were attacked by farmers doing shifting or podu cultivation in the forest at Gundalapadu, Mulakalapally mandal, on Tuesday. Forest beat officer Bhukya Bhaskar and section officer K. Neelamaiah were badly injured, while forest beat officer N. Padma and two forest guards suffered minor injuries. A complaint was filed on Monday against TRS legislator Vanama Venkateswara Rao …

Forest Department personnel injured in fresh attack in Telangana
5 years, 8 months ago

Forest Department personnel injured in fresh attack in Telangana

India TV News  

Two Forest Department employees sustained injuries in an attack allegedly by a group of tribals in a village in Telangana, days after the brutal assault of a woman forest officer that triggered an outrage. Police said the two Forest personnel came under attack at Timmampet village in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district Monday night after they objected to ploughing of forest lands. The …

Probe into illegal tree felling in Nilgiris urged
5 years, 9 months ago

Probe into illegal tree felling in Nilgiris urged

Deccan Chronicle  

OOTY: The Nilgiris Ecology and Animals Protection Samithi here called for setting up a high level panel to look into the recent incidents of illegal tree felling in the Pandalur-Gudalur belt on the Nilgiris border. Kumaran, president of NEAPS said that the recent incident of illegal tree felling in the Bitherkad area on the controversial section-17 lands, for which ownership …

Narendra Modi's Odisha visit: Felling for trees to create helipad for PM sparks row; Dharmendra Pradhan says 'false campaign'
6 years, 2 months ago

Narendra Modi's Odisha visit: Felling for trees to create helipad for PM sparks row; Dharmendra Pradhan says 'false campaign'

Firstpost  

Two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Balangir district, a row surfaced on Sunday over alleged cutting of trees to prepare a temporary helipad. Balangir: Two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Balangir district, a row surfaced on Sunday over alleged cutting of trees to prepare a temporary helipad. Balangir’s Divisional Forest …

A hundred trees chopped off for Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy’s one day visit in Kodagu
6 years, 8 months ago

A hundred trees chopped off for Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy’s one day visit in Kodagu

Op India  

At a time when the world is waking up to the importance of planting and preserving trees and the green cover, almost a hundred ‘dangerous’ trees were chopped off a day before Karnataka Chief Minister Kumaraswamy’s visit to Kodagu. As per reports, the district commissioner issued an order to the forest department to cut off the trees on the path …

Kozhikode Forest Department to submit report
11 years, 4 months ago

Kozhikode Forest Department to submit report

The Hindu  

The Forest Department, which incurred an estimated loss of Rs.2.50 crore in the violent incidents in the rural areas of Kozhikode district during Friday’s hartal, will submit a detailed report to the State government seeking action against the miscreants responsible for the act. Two office buildings of the Forest Department — one at Thamarassery and another at Peruvannamoozhi — were …

Barwani tribals allege wrongful arrests, blame forest officials
14 years, 7 months ago

Barwani tribals allege wrongful arrests, blame forest officials

The Hindu  

Recently, Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai wrote a letter to the Madhya Pradesh forest department, expressing concern over atrocities committed by the department on tribals. While top forest officials in the State have discarded the “allegations” as baseless and ill-informed, a recent case in the Barwani district of the State lends credence to the Home Secretary’s concerns. Mr. Valsingh, and …

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