Uttarakhand, which is also called Devbhoomi. It is known for its natural beauty. Many tourist places here are famous, where thousands of tourists come to visit. The Chardham Yatra here is world famous. With the increasing number of tourists, roads are being widened by cutting through the mountains. Even trees are being cut down. Various types of development works are being carried out due to which the natural beauty of Uttarakhand is also being damaged.
There are now preparations to cut down a thousand green trees for the Song Dam Project water treatment plant. For this, about four hectares of forest land have been reserved in the area near Maldveta. The Forest Department has also started counting these trees. Now permission has not yet been obtained to cut down these trees. The felling of these trees will begin as soon as the permit is received.
Drinking water will be supplied from the Saung Dam.
We told them that earlier two thousand trees were to be felled in the Khalanga forest land for this treatment plant, but when there was strong opposition there, the forest department refused to give up the land. Actually, drinking water will be supplied to Dehradun city and its surrounding areas from Song Dam. For this reason, it is proposed to install a treatment plant here. Earlier, the Forest Department was giving land in Khalanga for this plant, but when people protested, the Forest Department refused.
2,000 trees would be cut down in Khalanga
Khalanga people said there was a proposal to cut down around two thousand trees here. The Forest Department and the Drinking Water Corporation had started counting the trees and marking them, but as soon as they found out, they came out in protest. Local people said that there is a historical monument to Khalanga here. The forest is also quite dense. In such a situation, the natural beauty of this place would have been greatly damaged by this water treatment plant.
4.2 hectares of land have been identified
Due to huge opposition, the Forest Department had to refuse to give up forest land for this project. Now the forest department has identified a land in the new place, but here too a thousand trees are under the jurisdiction of this treatment plant. VD Joshi, deputy forest ranger of Raipur Range, said the department has identified around 4.2 hectares of forest land for the treatment plant, in which trees are being counted.
