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SC permits felling of khair trees on government forest land in Himachal
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Supreme Court of India has permitted to axe the khair trees on government forest land in 10 forest divisions of the department in Himachal Pradesh.
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Himachal Pradesh: CM Sukhu directs to formulate SoP for marking, felling o
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The marking of dried trees on the forest land would be done on a daily basis in the state and the responsibility of the concerned DFOs will be fixed to ensure it happens in time, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday, informed a press release.
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40.39 lakh bighas of forest, govt land encroached upon, says Assam ministe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In reply to a written query by Congress MLA Debabrata Saikia, Assam Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan said, "A total of 40,39,450 bighas of the forest, government land, Village Grazing Reserve (VGR) and Professional Grazing Reserve (PGR) land, railway land, Satra land, wat
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Plantation on degraded forest land to be taken up soon on a large scale: C
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
CM Sukhu informed that plantation should be done keeping in mind the suitable climatic conditions and dedicated staff would be deployed as protectors to take care of the plantations in a responsible and accountable manner.
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Telangana MP announces adoption of 1000-acre forest land in Kondagattu
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In support of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, Rajya Sabha MP Santosh Kumar announced the adoption of more than 1000 acres of the Kodimyala forest area in Kondagattu under the 'Green India Challenge initiative'.
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Joint security team destroys large-scale opium cultivation in Manipur's No
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A joint team of Assam Rifles, state police and forest department have destroyed four lakh Opium Poppy plants which were planted in four hectares of forest land in Manipur's Noney district, the forces said on Tuesday.
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Assam: Eviction drive to clear 500 hectares of forest land in Lakhimpur
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Lakhimpur district administration of Assam on Tuesday started a massive eviction to clear around 500 hectares of forest land in the Pabho reserve forest in Lakhimpur district.
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Zomi people in India-Myanmar border fight to win back forest land, resourc
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Previously known as Chin, Kuki or Lushai was a community of non-tribal people from Burma, India and Bangladesh. These names loosely translate to the 'Wild Hill Tribes' by which the British colonial rulers in the pre-independence era used to address them.
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SC seeks report from Satara collector over demolition of encroachments aro
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The state of Maharashtra informed the court that some irregularities were going on in the forest land surrounding the tomb of Afzal Khan and there was no illegality committed by the state but only following a court order.
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US, India launch new initiative to increase tree coverage in India
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): US and India announced a new Initiative to increase tree coverage outside of forest lands in India in a bid to support global climate change mitigation and adaptation goals.
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Centre gives nod for diversion of forest land for rapid development in Nax
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): For rapid development in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) or Naxal-affected states, the Central government gave approval for the diversion of forest land for infrastructure-related projects in 14 categories in 2020-2021.
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Actor Nagarjuna adopts 1,000 acres of forest land on occasion of CM KCR's
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Medchal (Telangana) [India], February 17 (ANI): On the occasion of the birthday of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday, actor Nagarjuna announced that he is adopting 1,000 acres of forest land.
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