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Telangana: Nalgonda collector orders action against hotel for cutting down 51 trees

A hotel at Chityala, 70 km from Telangana capital Hyderabad, has been seized by Nalgonda district authorities for cutting down 51 trees which were planted during Haritha Haram programme in 2014.
Telangana: Nalgonda collector orders action against hotel for cutting down 51 trees
HYDERABAD: A hotel at Chityala, 70 km from Telangana capital Hyderabad, has been seized by Nalgonda district authorities for cutting down 51 trees which were planted during Haritha Haram programme in 2014.
Nalgonda district collector Prashant Patil who inspected the place at Pedakapathi village on Friday directed officials to take action against N Grill hotel for cutting down the trees which had been planted on government land.

Action was initiated under the Water, Land and Trees Act 2002. Chityala tahsildar seized the hotel, and forest officials have booked a case against the hotel owner Nagaraju. The gram panchayat will also levy a penalty under the provision of the panchayat raj act. Cases will also be booked against the hotel management for cutting down the trees.
“We will not tolerate anyone cutting down trees. No one will be spared,” collector Prashant Patil said.
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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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