NAVI MUMBAI: The disappearance of a forest in the Thane-Belapur industrial area by tree-felling and dumping of debris has attracted the attention of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) constituted by the Supreme Court to advise it on forest and wildlife-related issues.
CEC member M K Jiwrajka, an officer of the Indian Forest Service, wrote to Maharashtra’s principal secretary (forests) on March 12 this year asking for the state government’s explanation for the destruction of the forest.
The CEC had been petitioned by the Small Scale Entrepreneur’s Association (SSEA), which represents more than 3,500 units in the Trans Thane Creek (TTC) industrial area, the MIDC’s largest industrial estate extending from Thane to Belapur.
Anyone can move the CEC by filing an application to seek suitable relief against any action taken by the central/state government or any other authority regarding deforestation, encroachment, working of wood-based industries, etc and implementation of laws relating to forest and wildlife.
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