The forest department has felled about 9.07 lakh Sal trees in the Mandla, Dindori regions of Madhya Pradesh affected by Sal Borers. This was stated by Forest Minister Ratnesh Solomon in reply to a question by Babulal Gaur of the BJP. Mr Gaur asked as to what action has the Government taken to prevent the Sal trees from the Sal Borer infection. In his reply the minister informed that the felling of trees have been undertaken at the behest of the experts and a total of Rs 41.63 crore have been received from them. The trees also generated about 1.75 lakh sqmt of of wood for construction and 1.66 lakh sqmt of fire wood.