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In a swift move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted three-members committee to identify the violators in connection with the alleged illegal cutting down of 600 trees in Corbett Tiger Reserve in Kalagarh Tiger Reserve Division in Uttrakhand.
A bench of NGT headed by Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, after going through the report filed by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) noted that the illegality in cutting down of trees is clearly acknowledged reported news agency ANI in its website.

The accountability for such violations needs to be fixed and damage to the environment restored, following due process of law, said the NGT bench.

The bench in an order passed on October 21, 2022, stated that they constitute a three-Member Committee comprising the Director General (DG) of the Forest Department, DG Wildlife Department and the DG of Project Tiger to identify the violators and the steps required for restoration of the environment.

It may be recalled that the matter was taken-up by the NGT  suo motu following media reports highlighting felling of 6,000 trees in Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttrakhand.