Govt files complaint against Delhi Golf Club for cutting trees illegally

Delhi | Wednesday | 18th July, 2018

Summary:

| Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Vermamore-inThe Delhi government’s Forest Department on Tuesday filed a police complaint against the Delhi Golf Club for allegedly cutting trees illegally, a government statement said. The Forest Department found 425 logs were buried in pits on the premises of the club. The government has asked for an FIR to be lodged under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994. The complaint was filed on the basis of an inspection by the department that found 425 logs had been buried in pits on the premises of the club. The government said that the range officer of the south division of the Forest Department had filed a complaint with the Hazrat Nizamuddin police station demanding that an FIR be lodged against the club for felling trees illegally..