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Range officer BS Mourya had been posted at Choral range, when the felling was reported. INDORE: The forest department on Thursday issued notices to range officer, deputy range officer and beat guards at Choral range seeking explanation on illegal felling of around 200 trees for laying an underground electricity line in the region.The work was carried out in Talai and Baigram area falling within Choral range. The work of laying electric lines is part of Narmada-Gambhir link project.“Reply has been sought from the officers within seven days. The felling of trees was reported in Choral forests in the first week of March after which an investigation was done into the matter. The permission granted to the company was for clearing 10m of forest land for which compensatory measures had also been undertaken by them..