Instead of touching Nepanagar, we decided to enter the forest from Piplod in Khandwa district to understand the intensity of tree felling and the truth in allegations of rampant logging. On reaching Dehariya, about 15 km from Piplod, we diverted from the main road and embarked on our journey through the forest on a two-wheeler. We had just crossed Old Dehariya, when the shockingly ugly images of deforestation unfurled before us. A fo