New Delhi, July 7 -- Shrinking of forest cover in Jungle Mahal, West Bengal The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on July 4, 2025 directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Forest Survey of India and the principal chief conservator of forests and head of forest force, West Bengal, to submit their response regarding the shrinking forest cover in the Jungle Mahal region. The respondents have been instructed to file their reply before the eastern bench of the NGT.

The matter has been registered suo motu based on a news report titled Largest green zone in south Bengal, Jungle Mahal's forest cover shrinks by more than half: Study, published by newspaper The Telegraph Online on June 5, 2025.

The case concerns a reported decline in d...