NMC issues notice to NU for tree felling

  • | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Monday issued notice to Nagpur University for felling 32 large trees at its Lower Hostel at Law College Square. (Reporting by Bikromjeet Mukherjee) The activists, including Jwala Dhote, Rahul Pande, Rudra Dhakde, Poonam Rewatkar and others, met the VC and asked him to ensure no more trees were cut.Even Green Vigil Foundation led by Kaustav Chatterjee volunteers lodged a strong complaint against NU with the civic body for felling such a large number of trees making a complete mockery of rules and regulations. The notice was issued to garden superintendent Praveen Gotmare, seeking a reply within a week.TOI had reported on NU felling 32 trees on its premises without seeking mandatory permission from the corporation’s garden department.Gotmare had earlier told TOI that permission was taken to cut one old mango tree close to one of the hostel blocks, and trimming of 32 trees.The city unit of Nationalist Youth Congress led by Shailendra Tiwari along with 20 activists had stormed vice chancellor SP Kane’s chamber on Thursday evening.

Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Monday issued notice to Nagpur University for felling 32 large trees at its Lower Hostel at Law College Square. The notice was issued to garden superintendent Praveen Gotmare, seeking a reply within a week.TOI had reported on NU felling 32 trees on its premises without seeking mandatory permission from the corporation’s garden department.Gotmare had earlier told TOI that permission was taken to cut one old mango tree close to one of the hostel blocks, and trimming of 32 trees.The city unit of Nationalist Youth Congress led by Shailendra Tiwari along with 20 activists had stormed vice chancellor SP Kane’s chamber on Thursday evening. The activists, including Jwala Dhote, Rahul Pande, Rudra Dhakde, Poonam Rewatkar and others, met the VC and asked him to ensure no more trees were cut.Even Green Vigil Foundation led by Kaustav Chatterjee volunteers lodged a strong complaint against NU with the civic body for felling such a large number of trees making a complete mockery of rules and regulations.(Reporting by Bikromjeet Mukherjee)

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