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Union Ministry Seeks Report on Tree Felling Proposal at NIT Rourkela

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Bhubaneswar, March 23 (IANS) The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has sought an action taken report from the Odisha Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department regarding the alleged proposal of felling of more than 2,000 full-grown trees for the construction of a new building at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela.Acting on a complaint filed by one Alaya Samantaray, an RTI and Environmental Activist, the MoEF&CC, on March 20, wrote…