Shimla Deputy Commissioner Anupam Kashyap has directed all district forest officers (DFO) to submit the current status report on forest land within a week. In a meeting with all SDMs and DFOs through video-conference regarding demarcation of forest land in the district, various issues related to the implementation of Supreme Court orders in this regard were discussed.
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The Supreme Court has directed states and union territories to identify forest lands, take possession of them and hand over non-forest land occupied by the Revenue Department to the Forest Department.
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