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Forest dept amends act tree cutting can be done with permission

May 21, 2010 by Editor Sep 8, 2011 1 Comment

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This has been one of the worst summers for the country and Belgaum as well. Trees have been cut all over the city for road development works. Even tough there were some voices raised against it none of them were heard.

Now to top the icing on the cake towards deforestation and global warming, the state forest department has formulated a proposal to amend the Karnataka Tree Preservation Act, allowing expansion of a list of trees that are exempted from its purview. With 11 trees being exempted from the Act now, one would need no prior permission for felling them. The forest department now proposes to have 41 trees in the list.

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File photo of tree chopped on angol Road

Activists of various environmental organizations, under the aegis of Belgaum Active Citizens’ Forum (BACF), will stage a protest demonstration in front of the Forest department today at 4 pm.

The amendment means giving license to civic authorities, infrastructure developers, timber contractors, miners and others to cut the enlisted trees at will.

Save Vaccine Institute (Belgaum), Paryawaran, Parivartan, Social Justice Forum, Belgaum Walkers’ Club, Multiple Varsity Student Circle are supporting the protest.

Even state wide demonstrations have been planned by the various Green brigades today.

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  1. Kapil Pawaskar says

    May 21, 2010 at 6:32 AM

    Now we have to go hand in hand to protest against the deforestation and the rules of the forest Dept. because the rules will just entertain vast deforestation in jungle areas for mining in cities for the construction companies and developers and for the timber merchants. We'll have to take some actions againts the Forest Dept which is making these Childish Rules

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