Logs seized from Noney saw mills
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 11 2014 :
Several logs of wood piled up at eight different saw mills for sawing without permission of the Forest Department have been seized by police and officials of the department.
Acting on an instruction from the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF), Forest officials led by Tamenglong DFO H Golmei and police raided some areas of Noney today, informed an official source.
In the course of the raid, 77 numbers of logs piled up at eight different saw mills for sawing without obtaining permission from the Forest Department were seized.
Out of the eight mills from where wooden logs were seiz-ed, only two possess permits given by Industries Department for setting up of saw mills.
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The saw mills from where logs were piled up for sawing without the authority's permission are K Kezan & Son Saw Mill, Noney Bazar; TK Saw Mill, Khumji; IS Saw Mill, Noney Bazar; Lanpu-lou Kamei Saw Mill, Noney Bazar; Th Kulla Saw Mill, Nungtek; SK Wilson Saw Mill, Noney Part IV: Lungsophou Chawang Saw Mill, Khumji-III and Leo Saw Mill, Tupul.
The Supreme Court has already banned felling of trees without the concerned authority's consent.