Uttarakhand: Illegal mining will be curbed, Forest Department has prepared this plan
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The forest department has taken a big step to curb illegal mining in the Judka forest area of Udham Singh Nagar. Let us tell you that Judka forest area was till now considered a stronghold of illegal mining. But the forest department has decided to make this area encroachment free and do large scale plantation on 37 hectares of land.
Illegal mining will be curbed
On the instructions of Forest Conservator Prakash Chandra Arya, the forest department has decided to make this area encroachment free and do large scale plantation on 37 hectares of land. For this, the forest department team has inspected the area with the entire staff and started the process of fencing the plantation site. There was a time when the mining mafia openly damaged the environment and carried out illegal mining in daylight and darkness of night.
Greenery returned to the forests
After this effort of the forest department, now the exercise to bring greenery back to the forests has started. For information, let us tell you that in Kharmasa-Judka area of Udham Singh Nagar, illegal mining mafias were not only destroying forests, but also attacking forest workers on protest. On March 19, some mining mafias had attacked the forest department team. In which a case was registered in Kashipur against 14 named and 10 unknown accused.
