Mrudul Godbole
21-01-2011, 03:05 PM
MoEF probe into tree felling at Mansinghdeo
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN, Jan 19, 2011, 06.22am IST
NAGPUR: Union minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has ordered a probe into largescale teak and bamboo felling by Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) in Mansinghdeo Wildlife Sanctuary after issuance of sanctuary notification.
The inquiry has been ordered after M K Ranjitsinh, chairman of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), raised the issue with Ramesh attaching TOI report and photographic evidence of violations. On Ramesh's direction, Prakriti Srivastava, DIG (wildlife), Delhi, asked state's chief wildlife warden D C Pant to submit a report. Pant has ordered a status quo and asked FDCM to freeze entire operations. He has also directed it not to lift the felled teak trees and bamboo from sanctuary area.
Link - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/MoEF-probe-into-tree-felling-at-Mansinghdeo/articleshow/7316421.cms
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN, Jan 19, 2011, 06.22am IST
NAGPUR: Union minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has ordered a probe into largescale teak and bamboo felling by Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) in Mansinghdeo Wildlife Sanctuary after issuance of sanctuary notification.
The inquiry has been ordered after M K Ranjitsinh, chairman of Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), raised the issue with Ramesh attaching TOI report and photographic evidence of violations. On Ramesh's direction, Prakriti Srivastava, DIG (wildlife), Delhi, asked state's chief wildlife warden D C Pant to submit a report. Pant has ordered a status quo and asked FDCM to freeze entire operations. He has also directed it not to lift the felled teak trees and bamboo from sanctuary area.
Link - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/MoEF-probe-into-tree-felling-at-Mansinghdeo/articleshow/7316421.cms