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Our Correspondent
Kullu, July 14
As many as 40 slippers of deodar were recovered from a pickup vehicle (HP-66-4649) near Chharodnala on the Manikaran-Bhuntar road of this district late yesterday night.
A forest team had set up a naka at Chila Mour. A jeep came from Jari was heading towards Bhuntar around 2 am. The team signalled the driver to stop but he fled from the spot.
He was chased and caught. Slippers were found in the jeep and three persons were on board.
The police were informed and the vehicle was impounded. A case has been registered and further investigations were underway.
Abhinav Vashisht
Kullu, July 5
IFS officer Aishwarya Raj, who is Deputy Conservator of forest, Parbati division, Kullu, has transformed a barren land of 2.5 acres, being used as a dumping yard, into a “Swarnim Vatika” near the Forest Colony at Shamshi in Bhuntar subdivision.
Once a shabby dumpyard and a breeding ground for anti-social elements, the land now has a landscape garden with a variety of trees, creepers, shrubs and herbs.
The officer says that he assumed charge in January and he came to know about the area during general inspection in February. Indiscriminate dumping of waste was posing a threat to the river and was also harming the ecosystem.
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