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THIS STORY IS FROM JULY 4, 2019
Bihar government measures to prevent deforestation
Bhavya Mishra | TNN | Updated: Jul 4, 2019, 14:09 IST
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PATNA: The environment and forest department is preparing a standard operating procedure (SOP) for preventing deforestation across the state. It had, recently, banned the felling of trees in the name of development works, including construction and widening of roads.
“Agencies, which undertake construction works in a particular area, have to translocate all the trees and not cut them. An SOP has been drafted for all departments in this regard so that they can execute projects without harming the green cover. It is being reviewed and will be finalized in few days,” deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who is also the state forest minister, told this newspaper.
Translocation is a process in which a tree is entirely uprooted and replanted at another location, without being chopped off.
Forest department principal secretary Dipak Kumar Singh claimed that the ban on felling of trees on government property, including roads, had been imposed almost two months ago.
“Different departments and agencies were asked to give their feedback on the ban and an SOP was drafted, accordingly,” Dipak said and added felling of trees will be allowed in rare cases only after the nod from a high-level committee of forest department.
According to principal chief conservator of forests, D K Shukla, all permissions, which were granted for cutting down trees in the name of development, have been stopped. An order in this connection has been passed under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, which is valid only for government-owned properties and not private ones.
City residents hailed the initiative of the forest department. Bailey Road resident Satyam Kumar said, “The government should have enforced the ban long ago. Better late than never. Even now, if the ban is implemented effectively, the rapid climate change can be controlled.”
Kankerbagh Mithilesh Singh promised to cooperate with the government fully. He said, “One of the reasons for the poor quality of air in the city in recent years is the rampant felling of trees.”
Government agencies, on the contrary, are irked by the ban. “A number of our national highway (NH) projects in Bihar have been stalled because of the government’s decision. We have been asked to change the alignment of the NHs, which is a cumbersome process,” claimed a National Highways Authority of India official.