Courts Halt Illegal Tree Felling in Mussoorie
The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered the Mussoorie municipality to cease cutting trees without forest department approval. A legal petition highlighted unauthorized tree felling for road expansion, prompting the court to demand responses from all parties and halting the project pending an investigation.
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The Uttarakhand High Court has issued a directive to the Mussoorie municipality, prohibiting the cutting down of any trees without the necessary permission from the forest department.
This ruling emerged during a hearing of a petition by Pravesh Singh Rana, who alleged illegal felling of Oak trees in a forest designated area in Mussoorie.
The court has set the next hearing for April 27, with the orders for an investigation into the matter and a halt on road expansion projects until proper permissions are secured.
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