The National Green Tribunal has said the cutting of around 1,300 trees by a trust in the course of construction of the Statute of Oneness near Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh was “illegal.” The tribunal also observed that felling trees required permission from the Union government and superseded the state laws on the subject. The tribunal
Felling Trees by Madhya Pradesh Trust During Construction of Statute of Oneness Illegal: NGT
