Stage is set for the axing of around 59 trees located on the Edappally campus of the Social Forestry wing of the Forest department with the Tree committee clearing the proposal on Thursday.
The committee, which has the Mayor as its chairperson and Assistant Conservator of Forest (Social Forestry) as its convenor, gave approval for the proposal.
The clearance of the committee is required for the felling of trees in non-forest areas. A few environmental campaigners have sought the intervention of the head of the Forest force to prevent the felling of trees. In their complaint, Kottayam Nature Society and the Centre for Earth Research and Environment and Management, an NGO, pointed out that it was the responsibility of the Forest department to protect the greenery in the city suburbs.
