Ayun protest
over deforestation
Chitral-- A protest rally cum meeting was held by residents of Ayun
against indiscriminate deforestation. Speakers said ruthless
defiling of our mountains of it's forests is leading to
environmental degradation in the form of soil erosion, flash floods
and weather freakiness. Speakers castigated the timber mafia who
they said were fuelling their greed with our deodar trees, in league
with the forest department, by cutting these trees and selling them
to the southern cities at ten times the purchase price.
Protestors demanded immediate ban of export of timber outside the
district under any pretext.--CN report, 09 Dec 2011
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