Nuh, May 14 -- The Nuh district administration on Tuesday suspended the sarpanch of Basai Meo village for allegedly enabling the illegal construction of a 1.5-kilometre road through a protected Aravalli forest land, following findings by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) submitted to the Supreme Court. Nuh deputy commissioner Vishram Kumar Meena said, "An illegal road passing through forest land cannot be tolerated. After preliminary inquiry and legal vetting, the Sarpanch of Basai Meo has been suspended for dereliction of duty and enabling this environmental crime," Meena said. The CEC report, submitted to the apex court on April 15, flagged serious breaches of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, and the Punjab Land Preservation Act, ...