NGT fines ex-DGP of U'khand â¹46 lakh for cutting 25 trees
The National Green Tribunal has directed former DGP of Uttarakhand BS Sidhu to pay â¹46,14,960 as damages for illegally cutting 25 Sal trees in the Mussoorie Forest Division. The court observed that during his tenure as the DGP, Sidhu purchased the reserve forest land illegally and therefore fined him "ten times the trees' value calculated at the schedule rate".