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

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 at the site during inspections and sought legal documents on the ownership of the place. However, no permission was not obtained from the forest department for the activity,” said Pramod Srivastava, divisional forest officer, Gautam Budh Nagar. “As per our analysis, around 1,000 fully-grown trees of various varieties were cut at the site and the felled trees were being loaded into vehicles in broad daylight.