Assam: Forest personnel seize Sal logs from Goalpara and Barpeta districts
Forest personnel of Dhupdhara Beat under the Rongjuli range in western Assam’s Goalpara district detected and seized a Mahindra DI vehicle loaded with several sal logs in the Ambari Khekapara area around 2 am on Monday.
From Our Correspondent
GUWAHATI
The Assam Forest Department has intensified operations against illegal felling of trees and timber trade, seizing sal logs in Goalpara and Barpeta districts, official sources informed on Tuesday.
Forest personnel of Dhupdhara Beat under the Rongjuli range in western Assam’s Goalpara district detected and seized a Mahindra DI vehicle loaded with several sal logs in the Ambari Khekapara area around 2 am on Monday.
Several sal logs were seized in the operation led by forest range officer, Rongjuli range, Salim Ahmed.
In yet another operation, six matured sal logs were recovered in the Zabrimari area under Kalgachia Police Station in Barpeta district on Tuesday.
The operation was conducted by forest range officer, Goutam Mahanta, Barpeta Road Range and his personnel.
(Edited by Shankar Kumar Turha)
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