NASHIK: Branches of an ancient banyan and Indian fig trees, located
near an office close to Ekmukhi Datta Mandir, on the banks of the Godavari, were cut without permission from the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), on Sunday.
The environment wing of Nationalist Youth Congress stopped the trimming and filed a complaint at Sarkarwada police station against a former corporator who was allegedly responsible for getting the branches trimmed.
Regional coordinator of the environment wing of the Nationalist Youth Congress, Rahul Bagmar, stopped the activity trimming of the branches near Ekmukhi Datta Mandir
upon learning about it. Bagmar said that he alkong with some of his volunteers went to the control room and took the police with them to put an end to the illegal activity.
"By the time we reached the spot nearly 30% of the branches had already been were already cut. The branches were very sturdy. The labourers cutting the tree did not have the permission from the municipal corporation to do so," said Chaitanya Kavre, divisional president of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). "I went there as a citizen to question the illegal trimming of the tree. The procedure to trim or cut a tree involves submitting an application to the NCM, that is followed by a notice being published which asks for objections from citizens within a specific time frame. A hearing is conducted thereafter and only if the officer feels that the hackning is merited does he or she grant the permission to cut down the tree. This procedure is applicable to trees growing within private premises also. Moreoever in this instance both, banyan and Indian fig, are scheduled plant species and should be preserved, instead of being trimmed," Kavre added.
He said that he had taken the police along with him to stop the trimming and has submitted an application to the Sarkarwada police station to register an offence against the president of the karyalaya. "The police did not agree to file a first information report (FIR) so we have just given an application to take action and have submitted copies of the application to the CM, the deputy CM, ministry of forests, guardian minister (Nashik), the mayor and municipal commissioner. If no action is taken against those responsible for trimming the trees without permission, we will file a public interest litigation," said Kavre.
Former corporator Vijay Sane, who is the chairman of Chithpaavan Mangal Karyalaya said that the branches of the tree located at the Datta Mandir, were leaning on the gallery of the Karyalaya and would have fallen on anyone passing from there. "It was dangerous so I got them cut. I was a corporator since the past 15 and have planted many trees," he said.
Initially he said that it was not necessary to seek permission to trim branches of trees but later said that they had stopped the trimming at present and would resume the trimming after seeking permission.
The environment wing of Nationalist Youth Congress stopped the trimming and filed a complaint at Sarkarwada police station against a former corporator who was allegedly responsible for getting the branches trimmed.
Regional coordinator of the environment wing of the Nationalist Youth Congress, Rahul Bagmar, stopped the activity trimming of the branches near Ekmukhi Datta Mandir
upon learning about it. Bagmar said that he alkong with some of his volunteers went to the control room and took the police with them to put an end to the illegal activity.
"By the time we reached the spot nearly 30% of the branches had already been were already cut. The branches were very sturdy. The labourers cutting the tree did not have the permission from the municipal corporation to do so," said Chaitanya Kavre, divisional president of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). "I went there as a citizen to question the illegal trimming of the tree. The procedure to trim or cut a tree involves submitting an application to the NCM, that is followed by a notice being published which asks for objections from citizens within a specific time frame. A hearing is conducted thereafter and only if the officer feels that the hackning is merited does he or she grant the permission to cut down the tree. This procedure is applicable to trees growing within private premises also. Moreoever in this instance both, banyan and Indian fig, are scheduled plant species and should be preserved, instead of being trimmed," Kavre added.
He said that he had taken the police along with him to stop the trimming and has submitted an application to the Sarkarwada police station to register an offence against the president of the karyalaya. "The police did not agree to file a first information report (FIR) so we have just given an application to take action and have submitted copies of the application to the CM, the deputy CM, ministry of forests, guardian minister (Nashik), the mayor and municipal commissioner. If no action is taken against those responsible for trimming the trees without permission, we will file a public interest litigation," said Kavre.
Former corporator Vijay Sane, who is the chairman of Chithpaavan Mangal Karyalaya said that the branches of the tree located at the Datta Mandir, were leaning on the gallery of the Karyalaya and would have fallen on anyone passing from there. "It was dangerous so I got them cut. I was a corporator since the past 15 and have planted many trees," he said.
Initially he said that it was not necessary to seek permission to trim branches of trees but later said that they had stopped the trimming at present and would resume the trimming after seeking permission.
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