40 booked for damaging saplings, fencing Post News Network
Amarpali: The forest department has filed a case against 40 people for damaging saplings and vandalizing the protective fence around plantation in Birmaharajpur area of Subarnapur district.
According to reports, the forest department had planted hundreds of saplings over 50 hectares of land at Bhaludunguri hill in Bhalpadar panchayat. Wired fencing was raised around the plantation.
However, over 50 people from the locality vandalised the fence and uprooted the saplings. However, it is not clear why they damaged the saplings.
Following the incident, Birmaharajpur range officer Abinash Bariha has filed a complaint at Subalaya police station.
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