Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding implementation of cold storage project initiated by Mandi Samiti, Vikasnagar, Uttarakhand, 04/02/2025
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Yudhveer Singh Chauhan Vs Uttarakhand Forest Department & Others dated 04/02/2025.
In the application, allegation of the applicant was that in the implementation of cold storage project initiated by Mandi Samiti, Vikasnagar, Uttarakhand there is an apprehension of felling of 18-32 mango trees.
Submission of the applicant was that as per the earlier report there were 32 mango trees existing at the site and that in the joint inspection report at page 17, it was also noted that 32 mango trees were standing on the site and before starting the project there should be no tree at the site. The applicant has also referred to the auction notice relating to the open auction of 18 standing mango trees. He has submitted that in the meanwhile on January 14, 2025, 18 mango trees have been cut but 14 mango trees are still remaining. He submits that no permission from the competent authority was taken for the felling of these mango trees.
The NGT directed the concerned authorities to file their response at least one week before the next date of hearing (May 14, 2025). The tribunal also directed the Deputy Conservator of Forest (Kalsi, Dehradun) and other authorities of Uttarakhand Forest Department to ensure that no illegal felling of trees takes place in the execution of the project concerned.