Dehradun, Oct. 22 -- Dehradun's own student activist group, Making a Difference by Being the Difference (MAD), has expressed resistance to the statement made by the director of the Jolly Grant airport. According to Mr. D.K. Gautam, social media protests against the project is being run based on inaccurate facts and used to spread propaganda. He stated that the project is following all guidelines provided by the environment and forest department of the state. He also stated that the state government has started searching for land that will be used to compensate for the trees that are now being chopped for the project.

In response to these statements MAD stated that the trees in the Thano region are approximately 200 years old and these fu...