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Contractor charged for felling trees illegally at Police lane.

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Mangaluru, November 15: The Mangaluru zone forest officer Clifford Lobo and team seized the trees felled illegally here on Saturday November 15th at police lane in Pandeshwar.

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The trees were situated in the government owned land. The said land was allotted for the construction of quarters including the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Mangaluru. The Karnataka Police Housing Board had given the construction work to the contractor. The contractor without seeking the permission from the forest department had cut down trees and dumped them under the heaps of soil.

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It is said; the locals informed the forest department about the illegal felling of trees.

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Immediately the forest department officials raided the area and handed over the bulldozer operator to the Pandeshwar police station and have filed a case against the contractor.

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It is gathered that, the contractor had tried to transport the logs by covering them with heaps of soil.

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