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1,400 trees axed in a year [1]

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More than 1,400 trees on public land in Ernakulam have been chopped down over the last one year. But the actual loss would be double the figure because the Social Forestry wing of the Forest Department has data only for tree-felling requests officially submitted as per a government order on February 10, 2010.

Publication Date: 
11/04/2013
G. Krishnakumar [2]
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram) [3]
Tags:
Kerala [4], Ernakulam [5], Trees [6], Deforestation [7], Kochi [8], Metro [9], Rail Transport [10], Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) [11], Forests [12]

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