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Admn chops trees to plug breaches in dam, no plan to make up for loss [1]

More than 2,500 trees have been cut down to plug breaches near Dhussi dam and its surrounding areas in Ludhiana.

In Kherabet area alone, more than 600 trees were cut from the forestland, though not a single tree grown by the landlords on the riverbed have been touched.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Indian Express (Chandigarh) [2]
Tags:
Natural Disasters [3], Ludhiana (D) [4], Soil Erosion [5], Punjab [6], Floods [7]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-chandigarh
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ludhiana-d
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-erosion
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods