Steps taken to lay roads within forests as per law: Minister
The Hindu
‘The State government is working on increasing forest cover by 33%’
Forest Minister K. Ramachandran conducted a review of the Forest Department in Salem and Namakkal districts on Tuesday. The Minister said measures were being taken to address the grievances of the public residing within forests as per law.
Salem Collector S. Karmegham, Namakkal Collector Shreya P.Singh, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Sekar Kumar Neeraj, senior forest officials, MLAs and MPs took part in the review meeting and heard the grievances of the public.
Addressing at the review meeting, Mr. Ramachandran said measures were being taken subject to law to lay roads for people living within the forests through which travel distance could be reduced from 50 km to 3-5 km.