Shillong, July 31 -- A division bench of the Meghalaya High Court has asked the State to explore the feasibility and possibility of carrying out compensatory afforestation around the Shillong Peak Ropeway Cable Car Project, specifically in the Raid Laban Reserve Forests and the Raid Laban Forest.
Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) of alleged indiscriminate and large-scale felling of trees yesterday, the bench comprising of Chief Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji and Justice Wanlura Diengdoh asked Advocate General Amit Kumar and advocate for the petitioner, Kaustav Paul to identify a convenient day for a site visit.
In his submission, Paul argued that although the Central Government has authorised deforestation for the Shillong Peak R...