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38k trees to be cut for new J&K HC complex
June 22, 2023
|The Morning Standard
CLIMATE activists have raised an alarm over the construction of the new Jammu & Kashmir High Court complex in Raika-Bahu forest area of Jammu for which over 38,000 trees would be felled. The Raika-Bahu Forest area, which is spread over an area of 19 sq kms of land, lies to the East of Jammu
The construction work on the new judicial complex has begun.
The trees are being felled and the ground is being leveled after no objection certificate (NOC) from the J&K Wildlife Department, Forest Department and other concerned departments. The new High Court complex will have 35 court rooms with space for expansion up to 70 court rooms. It will also have chambers for 1,000 lawyers with space for further expansion.
The climate activists of Jammu under the banner of Climate Front Jammu are opposing the construction in the forest land and staged a protest against the construction on Wednesday.
هذه القصة من طبعة June 22, 2023 من The Morning Standard.
اشترك في Magzter GOLD للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة، وأكثر من 9000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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