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Centre orders action against top Assam forest official MK Yadava for forest act violation

Guwahati: The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has ordered legal action against Assam’s Special Chief Secretary M.K. Yadava for alleged gross violations of the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980. The violations stem from the unauthorized diversion of forest land for non-forest activities without the requisite prior permission from the Environment ministry. […]