Cauvery, Veerappan mean quiet burial for tree-felling scam
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18/10/2002
With the Karnataka State Government glued to the Cauvery issue and the Veerappan menace, the recent large-scale felling of timber in the Nagarahole National Park is being covered up - slowly, but surely. The timber felling came to light in early August, when some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and journalists noticed large-scale felling of trees and cultivation of ganja in parts of the national park as well as the adjoining Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary.