Tree felling permissions in Hyderabad passed with signatures of unauthorised persons
The District Tree Protection Committee in Hyderabad is facing scrutiny for issuing tree felling permissions with unauthorized signatures. Activists question the legality of the committee's actions and its adherence to established protocols. Concerns have been raised about the committee's composition and the validity of its permissions, particularly regarding recent tree felling near the KBR National Park.
- ▪The Tree Protection Committee has been criticized for not following membership protocols in its permissions.
- ▪Several signatures on permission documents do not match the actual committee members.
- ▪Activist Lubna Sarwath argues that the committee is operating beyond its legal authority.
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The District Tree Protection Committee (TPC), which is in the eye of the storm since protests erupted against tree felling near the Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) National Park here, has not been adhering to the membership protocol in its permissions.Several of its permissions have signatures of persons who are not authorised. Even the institutions’ names, which are represented in the committee, are misspelt with the members signing anyway.Several questions are being raised about the legal sanctity of the government order from 2008 constituting the tree protection committee, with activist Lubna Sarwath at the forefront dismissing the committee as ultra vires.The committee was constituted with the express mandate of examining the applications for tree felling and giving appropriate…
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