The Aizawl bench of the Gauhati High Court has ordered an immediate halt to further felling of trees in the vacated Assam Rifles land in Aizawl. The court passed the directive after taking cognisance of a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging large-scale cutting of century-old trees on a plot of land in Aizawl’s Lammual area, which the Assam Rifles vacated. The trees were being chopped for a road widening project. Hearing the PIL, a division bench comprising Justice Michael Zothankhuma and Justice Kaushik Goswami took note of recent media reports that indicated 174 of 400 trees on the site are being felled to make way for development projects and asked the Mizoram government to stop the felling of trees.
Many of these trees are believed to be over a century old, the court said on Monday.
Aizawl: HC Orders Halt to Tree Cutting on Former Assam Rifles Site
