
One held, 16 red sanders logs seized
The Hindu
Combing operations will continue, says task force SP
The sleuths of Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) have arrested one person and seized sixteen precious logs in two different raids conducted in the Krishnapuram forest section abutting Karakambadi Road here on Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, task force Superintendent of Police M. Sundar Rao formed a team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Muralidhar and RSI Viswanath, which carried out a combing operation in the Karakambadi forest beat areas on Wednesday night.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












