Guwahati, July 4 -- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has ordered legal action against Assam's Special Chief Secretary, M K Yadava, for serious breaches of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

The case involves the unauthorised diversion of reserved forest land for the construction of Commando Battalion Camps in Assam-projects initiated without mandatory prior approval from the Central Government.

Yadava, who was serving as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force at the time of the alleged violations, is accused of illegally permitting the diversion of 28 hectares in the Geleky Reserved Forest (Sivasagar Division) and 11.5 hectares in the Innerline Reserved Forest (Hailakandi Division) for no...