Forest Dept. officers take exception to remarks of KBD chairman
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Forest Department officers of Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga districts have taken exception to Karnataka Biodiversity Board (KBD) chairman Anant Hegde Ashisara’s current assertion that the unlawful slicing of bushes had gone up in forest areas through the lockdown.
The officers have written to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests refuting the remarks.
Mr. Ashisara, in a press launch just lately, mentioned that he had obtained complaints suggesting large-scale slicing in Vagarerahalli within the Kadur vary. He had acknowledged forest vegetation on 480 acres had been misplaced.
In Balur forest of Mudigere taluk, 472 bushes had been minimize and within the Koppa division over 42 acres of forest had been misplaced. He additionally listed comparable incidents in components of Soraba, Hosanagar, and Tirthahalli taluks in Shivamogga district.
The chairman remarked that the above incidents occurred as a result of of the lockdown. The miscreants exploited the state of affairs to minimize the bushes within the forest, he mentioned. The chairman had mentioned he had submitted a report based mostly on the data gathered to Forest Minister Aravind Limbavali.
The incidents of large-scale tree slicing, he talked about in his assertion, left the Forest Department officers in shock.
Senior officers visited the locations talked about within the chairman’s report and submitted an in depth report to the division heads. An incident involving the slicing of 25 bushes was reported in Sorab taluk just lately and the accused had been arrested. Except for that, nothing was discovered on the bottom.
A senior officer in Shivamogga district mentioned, “No major tree felling had happened in the recent days. Such statements would demoralise the staff working on the field”.
In Chikkamagaluru, respective Deputy Conservators of Forests did the inspection and submitted stories.
Sunil Panwar, Conservator of Forests of Chikkamaglauru, visited two locations and submitted a report. “I have personally inspected the spots and the forest area is intact. We will verify if the board chairman gives us specific information about any illegal tree cut in the forests of our circle,” he mentioned.
When The Puucho contacted Mr. Ashisara, he mentioned he had no copy of his report with him for the time being and he would talk about the difficulty after a couple of days.
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