Man hit with massive fine after authorities discover his destructive actions: 'There should be no mercy'

Man hit with massive fine after authorities discover his destructive actions: 'There should be no mercy'

The Indian Supreme Court fined a man a considerable amount of money after he was caught illegally destroying hundreds of protected trees.  As Mathrubhumi reported, the man was fined 1 lakh rupees (approximately $1,153) for each of the 454 trees that were chopped down. He was also required to carry out tree replanting at a nearby site. While the man in question admitted his crime, the court refused to reduce the fine, citing the seriousness of th…

Supreme Court Gives Strong Warning To Telangana Government, Pererserve Greenland Or Go To Jail

In a strongly-worded warning, the Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the Telangana government for violating environmental protection norms and felling trees in defiance of court orders. The apex court made it clear that it would not hesitate to go to any extent to safeguard the environment, even if that meant sending senior state officials to jail. The case pertains to the large-scale cutting of trees on a protected stretch of land …

India’s forests are disappearing, but not on paper

On the afternoon of March 30, bulldozers rolled into Kancha Gachibowli, a lush, 400-acre tract of forested land in Hyderabad, a city in India’s southern Telangana state. Trees were felled throughout the night. Videos taken at the site showed the razing taking place, with sounds of distressed animals echoing in the background. The land was set to be auctioned off by the Telangana government to make way for an IT park. The urban forest, home to ov…

It is known that the issue of the state government cutting down trees on 400 acres of land in Kancha Gachibowli, Hyderabad has become a topic of discussion across the country. With this, the Supreme Court accepted the matter for suo motu hearing on April 3. As per the Supreme Court’s orders on this issue… the Telangana government has submitted a long affidavit consisting of 263 pages. A two-judge bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice Aug…

Show us how you will restore the land or senior bureaucrats could face “temporary imprisonment”: Supreme Court to Telangana over deforestation

In a major step towards environmental conservation, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Telangana government to submit a concrete plan within four weeks to restore 100 acres of ecologically sensitive land cleared in Hyderabad’s Kancha Gachibowli area. The apex court warned that senior bureaucrats could face “temporary imprisonment” for non-compliance. The court made it clear that in the meantime, not even a single tree should be felled in…

In several regions of Burundi, tree plantations are cleared and dried for the benefit of potato cultivation. Trees are cut before reaching maturity to make coal. Emmanuel Ndorimana, Permanent Secretary for the Environment at the Ministry of the Environment, Agriculture and Livestock, talks about all these issues and solutions.