Order of the Rajasthan High Court on the matter of felling of 1.19 lakh trees for a pumped storage project in Baran district, Rajasthan, 09/10/2024
Order of the Rajasthan High Court in the matter of "Save thy trees (1.19 lakh in number) proposed to be cut down for establishment of pumped storage project in Shahbad block district Baran".
The order, October 9, 2024 was passed by Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Munnuri Laxman.
The Rajasthan HC took suo motu notice of news reports published in Rajasthan Patrika and Dainik Bhaskar wherein it was highlighted that at a short distance of 15 kms from the Kuno National Park in Rajasthan’s territory of district Baran, 1.19 lakh trees are being proposed to be cut down for establishment of a pumped storage project. The newspaper reports indicates that the Project shall consume a huge quantity of forest area and the full grown trees, which will not only potentially endanger the ecological balance by increasing carbon emissions, but would also be dangerous for the flora and fauna.