Nahan (HP), March 6 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said he has sought a report on the felling of hundreds of trees in Shillai, a district in Himachal Pradesh.
Speaking to the media, the chief minister said he had seen reports on social media regarding the cutting of trees on private land in the Shillai Nagar Panchayat area. Taking note of this, he has sought a report from the department in this regard.
He added that the area where the trees were felled is far from the main road, and there is no connecting road to reach this point.
Nathuram Chauhan, an environmental activist from Shillai, alleged that a large number of illegal tree felling and mining activities were taking place on a large scale in the area, under the patronage of the ruling Congress party.
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