Chennai: The day after allowing Tamil Nadu to cut 15 trees at the Hilir Baby Dam Mullaseriyar, the Kerala government made U-turn on Sunday.
The Kerala government freezes the order of the main head forest conservator and clarifies that it is issued at the bureaucratic level without getting the approval of the ministers concerned or the minister’s chairman and actions will be taken against responsible officials.
Reacting to Development, Minister of Tamil Nadu for Water Resources, Irrigation, Minerals and Mine S Duraimurugan questioned the Stan of the Kerala Government that the minister and minister of Pinarayi Vijayan was guarded in the dark about this issue.
“It is difficult to believe that the head of the main conservator forest (wildlife) and head of wildlife, Kerala, can give such orders (permitting the felling of 15 trees by Tamil Nadu) without the knowledge of the ministers interested,” Durai Murugan was told toi.
“What kind of administration is it,” he wondered.
“In order, the head of the main forest conservator (wildlife) and head of wildlife, Kerala, not only allowed Tamil Nadu to fall 15 trees, he also attached a list of trees marked due to logging and even named them.
How detailed sequences were issued, without the approval of the para The Minister concerned? “Asked Durai Murugan while connecting sudden changes in the holder Kerala to the pressure from the opposition.
The report submitted by the Forest Department to the Kerala Forest Minister AK Saseendran, said the sanctions were given based on the decision taken at the meeting of the Secretary of Additional Head (Water Resources) in 1.
November opposition parties blamed the LDF government to hide facts.
“The development arrived at the notification of my office when a statement from the Minister of Tamil Nadu (MK Stalin) came.
From the discussion, I came to understand that a minister and minister of water resources were told of this important decision.
The actions will be taken against officials Responsible, “said Saseendran.
On Saturday, Stalin wrote to Pinarayi Vijayan and thanked him for the permission to Tamil Nadu because of the felling of 15 trees to strengthen Baby Dam.
Fill “Order”, by the Head of the Head of the Forest School (Wildlife) and Wildlife Warden Head, Kerala was delivered by AP Sunil Babu, Deputy Director (Project Tiger), thekkady to J Sam Erwin, Escurear Exiyar, WRD, Periyar Special Division Dam, Cumbum on November 6, 2021, in a letter, a copy with TOI.
The order remembers the request from the executive engineer, WRD, Cumbum in Tamil Nadu because it cuts 23 trees as far as 0.25 hectares as part of the process of strengthening Baby Dam.
It also cites recommendations from Deputy Director, the Periyar Division of Tiger Reserve East recommends the elimination of 15 trees in an estimated 40 cents.
Passing out orders, Bennichan Thomas, Principal of the Main Forest (Wildlife) and Wildlife Warden Head, Kerala ordered Deputy Director, Periyar Tiger Reserve, East Division to receive “wood and firewood” from the Dam and use it for the formation of brushwood gully pluging / brushwood Check the dam in the nearest nearby location, outside the rented area.
The trees identified for logging include UNAM (3 NOS), Kattu rubber (2), Porivetti (3), Mulakunari (2) and, Vazhana (2), in addition to one number from Thanni Poomaram, Njaval.
(With input from the Thiruvananthapuram bureau)