Chronically unprotected: Thousands of trees axed in C'garh for land titles

THOUSANDS of trees are being felled in the dense forests of Abujhmad in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur as the administration feels helpless because the region still falls under the ‘unsurveyed area’ category.

- EJAZ KAISER

For decades, the forested terrain remained insulated due to the Maoists’ dominance. Now for the first time, a formal land revenue survey is being conducted in this ‘unsurveyed’ region to establish land records.