The issue of illegal felling rocked the state assembly on Friday with several MLAs from opposition as well as treasury benches alleging corruption by forest officials. Slamming the officials, Jadhav said it was a matter of concern that illegal felling was going on in the state even though forest staffers had been provided arms and vehicles and large number of forest guards had been promoted.
Admitting illegal felling in various parts of the state, forest minister Patangrao Kadam told the house about the measures being taken by the department to check it. He said that it was not possible to replant the big trees along the roads. He also gave a six month extension to committee of MLAs constituted for checking illegal felling.
Cattle kill compensation in a month
MUMBAI: Minister of state for forests Bhaskar Jadhav assured the House on Friday that the persons whose cattle are killed by tigers or leopards would get compensation within a month. BJP state president Sudhir Mungantiwar had raised the issue of cattle being killed by tigers in Chandrapur district and atmosphere of fear prevailing in parts of Bhandara district.
MLA Nana Patole said that there were many cases wherein people had not been given compensation for years. Jadhav said he would look into such cases. Read the full report here.
Source: Times News Network, Mumbai.
