The Forest Department, instead of instituting an enquiry on erring staff of the Raj Bhavan for criminal negligence has taken a vengeance on trees in and around the state capital by mercilessly chopping off the trees without any rhyme or reason. The pertinent question is, why the Forest Department had not taken any action, even an inspection of trees posing as a danger for all these years since the day the trees were mere saplings? As it is in Meghalaya, there is no policy on vital subjects in the day to day administration, such as a tree policy or forest policy. The eucalyptus therefore cannot end up only as an incident of an accident, killing persons and crushing taxi cabs but a probe is required and person responsible for the incident should,be brought to book according to the law of the land.

‘Planting of ten thousand saplings or more in the ‘Tree Plantation Day’ carries no meaning, if it is done in a haphazard manner’

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