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NGT Raps Jammu Kashmir Over Forest Law Lapses as Government Admits Felling of 82,000 Trees

SRINAGAR: Environmental governance in Jammu and Kashmir has come under sharp judicial scrutiny after the Union Territory government, in a compliance report filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), disclosed large-scale violations of forest and environmental laws, including the felling of more than 82,000 trees across multiple infrastructure projects without prior fulfilment of mandatory compensatory []