Time to treat the killing of trees as murder
Updated On: 04 October, 2019 06:14 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
Broadening our ambit from this one incident, we have seen and heard about trees being surreptitiously killed or removed

A view of the dying trees from inside the school premises
Accused of poisoning 30-odd trees on its premises to pave the way for a new building, an Andheri school faces a non-cognisable offence (NC) registered by the Versova police following a report submitted by the assistant superintendent of gardens of K/west ward, a report in this paper said.
A non-profit though which had brought the matter to the fore in July, opined that the report omits details of the crime committed and that an FIR should be registered against those guilty. They essentially are pointing fingers about the 'soft' and 'incomplete' offence filed. They are also disappointed that an NC has been filed instead of an FIR. The authorities though say that investigations are on.
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