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PANAJI:
The forest department has registered an offence against a developer for
allegedly felling some trees on a steep gradient of the hill at Curca
in violation of the Forest Protection Act, 1980, earlier this week,
sources said.
The illegal felling of trees had started on Monday and continued till Tuesday. "A bull dozer was seen at the site scooping up the earth and uprooting the trees," a villager alleged.
The bull dozer also leveled the hillside, which is partly dotted with cashew, mango and some forest species of trees on a steep gradient of more than 30%.
The jagged end of boulders, debris and chopped wood could be seen in the area of more than 15,000 sq m.
A resident, Leela Narvekar, lodged a complaint with the forest department. After the forest officials inspected the site on Tuesday, the work was stopped.
"An offence has been registered against the party," a source said. More than 40 trees, a few of forest species, were found felled and also partly buried in the soil.
Local residents stated that the hill slope was largely a forest area and partly a cashew plantation. It was also used by the villagers for religious purposes and as a grazing ground for cattle.
The illegal felling of trees had started on Monday and continued till Tuesday. "A bull dozer was seen at the site scooping up the earth and uprooting the trees," a villager alleged.
The bull dozer also leveled the hillside, which is partly dotted with cashew, mango and some forest species of trees on a steep gradient of more than 30%.
The jagged end of boulders, debris and chopped wood could be seen in the area of more than 15,000 sq m.
A resident, Leela Narvekar, lodged a complaint with the forest department. After the forest officials inspected the site on Tuesday, the work was stopped.
"An offence has been registered against the party," a source said. More than 40 trees, a few of forest species, were found felled and also partly buried in the soil.
Local residents stated that the hill slope was largely a forest area and partly a cashew plantation. It was also used by the villagers for religious purposes and as a grazing ground for cattle.
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