New Delhi, March 3 -- The National Green Tribunal(NGT)has asked the member secretary of the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board (UKPCB) and the state's principal chief conservator of forests to appear before it in a matter regarding illegal felling of 176 trees in Udham Singh Nagar district.
The NGT was hearing a petition on the unauthorised felling of trees during the development of a residential colony by private persons in the district's Chandpur village.
In its order dated February 24, a bench of judicial member, Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert member, A Senthil Vel said that according to a report submitted by a joint committee that was set up earlier, 176 trees were felled illegally and environmental compensation had to be recove...