National Green Tribunal has constituted three-member committee to identify the persons involved in illegal cutting down of 6,000 trees in the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand.

Dehradun Nov 26 PTI More than two dozen officials of the Uttarakhand forest department have been transferred following allegations of large scale felling of trees and illegal constructions in Corbett Tiger Reserves buffer zoneAmong the 29 officials that were transferred are the states Head of Forest Force Rajiv Bhartari and Chief Wildlife Warden J S SuhagAccording to an order dated November 25 Bhartari has been replaced by Chief Conservator of Forests Vinod Kumar who was heading the Uttarakhand Biodiversity Board Bhartari on the other hand will fill in Kumars shoes as the head the board the order saidSuhag has been relieved of the additional charge of Chief Wildlife Warden while he will continue to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority project Chief Conservator of Forests eco-tourism Parag Madhukar Dhakate will take over the additional charge from Suhag the order statedA fact-finding team of the National Tiger Conservation Authority NTCA had raised objections to the alleged massive felling of trees and illegal constructions in the Corbett Tiger Reserves buffer zoneThe NTCA team after a field survey had recommended identifying and penalising officials with whose connivance the alleged illegal constructions had been carried out in Kalagarh and Morghatti forest zones of the reserve It had also recommended setting up a vigilance probe into the role of officials PTI ALM CJ KJ

Nainital (Uttarakhand) [India], October 27 (ANI): An elephant attacked six women in the Amdanda Khatta village of Nainital district, leaving one with serious injuries.

New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) committee which recently visited Corbett Tiger Reserve regarding alleged illegal construction of bridges, buildings and water bodies by the felling of trees, on Friday observed that the entire ongoing construction activities in one of the highest density tiger habitat of the world without any competent sanctions and by violating the various statutory provisions/court orders is an excellent example of both administrative and managerial failure.