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After ET expose, forest smugglers with officials help start operation clean up 4/15/2016 11:39:39 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Apr 15: After exposing the open green felling in Dool, Bunjwah of Kishtwar District and Keshwan area of Kishtwar District falling under administrative control Doda forest Division of Forest Chenab circle where several young trees including Deodar trees were found lying on ground in Panchayat Keshwan B, the forest smugglers with the help of forest officials involved in open loot of green gold had started mission cleanup to remove any traces of their crime. The sources informed the "Early Times" that after publishing of news item in Friday edition of the newspaper, the forest smugglers and the Officials involved in this illegal trade were on back foot and had stopped the illegal extraction of timber for the time being. The sources said that many persons who were involved in this henious crime were seen in forest areas with necessary equipments, beside at many places they also set the tree trunks on fire, particularly in Anjol and Puttinag area falling adjacent to Kishtwar town. The sources while unraveling the nexus between the forest officials and forest smugglers informed the "Early Times" that the nexus between the forest officials and forest smugglers were deep necked in whole Chenab basin and added that in a well planned manner, the forest officials issued licenses to few influential persons earlier were actively involved in forest smuggling. The sources said that after issuing licenses to them, forest officials with the help of these licenses smuggled the timber in towns of Doda and Kishtwar District and also to the people living in close vicinity of forests and later availed purchase slips from these licenses so as to legalized the sale of smuggled timber. The sources said that many forest employees turned millioners by actively involving themselves in sale and smuggling of illegal timber. The sources said that there is need to frame high level committees of various groups to probe the large scale green felling in entire Doda and Kishtwar District so that the guilty persons involved in the illegal trade could be punished.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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