Centre`s help sought on saw mills` issue

  • 09/02/2003

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

The Rajasthan Government has sought the support of the Ministry for Environment and Forests for getting licenses for 4000 odd unregistered saw mills in the State from the Central Empowered Committee. The State has presently 8568 saw mills while trees on its agricultural land alone can "safely sustain" about 20,000 saw mills, the Government claims.