Nagpur: Environment Minister Maharashtra Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday said he would look into the request by Greens who was looking for amendments in the defense of Maharashtra Tree (Regulation) of the Law, 1964 on the Path of Preservation & Protection of Maharashtra Tree (1975.
Toi, on August 11, report how the tree faces ax even for unwanted road widening projects in the state.
Last month, the Thackeray Ministry made a brave decision by changing the preservation & protection of the Maharashtra tree (urban protection), 1975 gave power to state level authorities if there was a project to drop 200 Trees.
The Alleged Act also makes it possible to declare 50 years.
-En the tree as a ‘inheritance’ tree with the aim of increasing forest cover and trees.
In addition, it also makes it mandatory to plant trees equivalent to the age of the tree in the case of a tree logging Allowed for development projects.
Muse Sheed the amendment similar to Maharashtra Logging Tree (Regulation) Act, 1964, which applies to rural areas.
Thackeray said, “I’ll check it out.” “Most of the cover of trees in the state is in rural areas, but the SDO is empowered to allow temporary logging trees in the case of scheduled trees, the range of forest officers (RFO) is a tree employee.
The tree logging business is considered a favorable post in the Ministry of Forestry.
Previously , there was a proposal to submit these actions to the Social Forestry Department (SFD) when their RFO worked at the taluka level but it never happened, “said senior forest officials.
Top Environmental Ministry officials on anonymity said, “Yes it is very necessary to change it, but the action is handled by the income and the Ministry of Forest.
However, Aaditya Thackeray can make it happen.”