Approximately 273,757 trees will be cut in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand forests in the coming years, the Union environment ministry told informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, while also defending plans to carry out large-scale development projects in the Great Nicobar Island, where it said close to a million trees will be felled in a separate disclosure. In a response to …
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that around 273,000 more trees are likely to be felled in coming years for mining in Hasdeo Arand forests as the wildlife and biodiversity institutions have not recommended a complete ban on mining. The Union environment ministry in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday shared information on two of the most …