The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Uttarakhand government on what it had done against those who had encroached on thousands of hectares of forest land and slammed the authorities for sitting as silent spectator.
"The Guwahati High Court has delivered a historic judgement. The Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court said that the government should bring a stern regulation to prevent new encroachment. The government should take action against those government officers under whose watch a large-scale encr
The action, aimed at reclaiming forest land from unauthorised apple cultivation, was carried out in the presence of SDM Kotkhai, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Thiyog, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Thiyog, and the local Tehsildar. Police personnel were deployed to maintain law and o