India, Jan. 10 -- The Forest department fined three men on Friday for allegedly felling around 23 trees, including heavily pruning branches of another 21 trees, in the vicinity of Jalvayu Towers society in Sector 56 in November last year, said officials.

According to officials, those who are fined are residents of the society and members of the RWA.

According to officials, the forest offence report (FOR) issued in November, seen by HT, imposing a penalty of around Rs.50,000 on all three men for unauthorised trimming and pruning of trees will soon be submitted to the court.

"Earlier, during an inspection on November 1, around 40 trees, along with their branches, were found chopped. Similar violations inside the society premises flagged ...