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Case against contractor, PWD officials for felling trees
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The Forest Department has registered a case against a contractor and Public Works Department officials for felling nearly 50 huge trees under the cover of road widening works of the Udumbanchola-Rajakkad road.
According to Devikulam range officer Arun Maharaj, the PWD contractor had sought permission to fell 21 trees for road widening on the CHR (Cardamom Hill Reserve) stretch. The request was sent to the higher-ups in Thiruvananthapuram as special sanction was required.
Meanwhile, the contractor also sent a letter to the District Collector seeking permission to fell ten huge trees under the Disaster Management Act.
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Earlier order allowed farmers to cut all trees, except sandalwood, on land with title deed
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The new order has restored the status of categories of trees on which restrictions on felling were imposed under the Kerala Promotion of Tree Growth Act 2005.
Earlier order allowed farmers to cut all trees, except sandalwood, on land with title deed
The government has issued a new order cancelling its earlier order allowing farmers with title deeds issued under the 1964 Land Assignment Act to cut all trees, except sandalwood, grown by them on their land in Idukki. The new order, issued on January 30, said the earlier order was cancelled as civil cases in this regard were going on in the High Court and the earlier order created confusion on the status of trees.