Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer R R Kakkar on Wednesday said that he will move court for an impartial inquiry into the episode,in which,two lakh trees have allegedly been felled across the state on behest of senior officials. Addressing mediapersons,Kakkar said: I will move court for an impartial inquiry into the issue of two lakh trees being felled in the last four years. Out of these,one lakh have been cut in Ferozepur circle alone with active connivance of senior officers. He added the forest conservation act is being violated,as huge chunks of forest land is being used for non-forestry purposes with approval from the Union Ministry of Forests. Kakkar alleged that he has the CD in which the range officer is seen telling the forest guard that the trees are being felled on the directions of senior officers. He also claimed to possess a CD,in which,the then forest minister Tikshan Sood is seen telling him how many trees are being felled across the state. Claiming that the allegations made against him by BJP leaders like Sood,Rajinder Bhandari and others are false,Kakkar maintained that he has been given a clean chit by the State Vigilance Bureau in its 500-page report on the on the Japan Forest Plantation Project,which he had managed to access through RTI.
