Guwahati, July 2 -- The Centre has asked the Assam government to take legal action against Assam's Special Chief Secretary (Forest) MK Yadava for unauthorized construction on 28 hectares of forest land in the Geleky Reserved Forest, located in the Assam-Nagaland border area under Sivasagar Forest Division and unauthorized diversion of 11.5 hectares of forest land in the Damcherra Innerline Reserve Forest in Hailakandi district of Barak Valley.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF &CC) has directed Assam's Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) to initiate legal proceedings against MK Yadava for unauthorized diversion of 11.5 hectares of forest land in the two districts.

Yadava, who was then serving as PCCF...