Madhya Pradesh: A green forest of 700-hectare area has been destroyed between Kolar Dam and Ratapani Sanctuary by the State Forest Development Corporation in the last five months after it was declared as “sick”. Besides that, nearly 1,18,646 trees from Saras village were cut down. This is likely to affect the weather and harvest in Bhopal and the surrounding areas, a Dainik Bhaskar report said.
The plan for “jungle reform” was approved by the State Forest and Environment Ministry. In 2012, the corporation took permission from the government to “improve the forest”. In the last five years, around 35,000 hectares have been cleared.
The area from where the trees have been cut is also a tiger corridor. Around 28000 teak trees cut were mostly healthy.
There are speculations that wood rigging has happened here. According to the figures, less than a quarter of wood was found from teak trees.