Was it pruning or felling? The alleged chopping of centuries-old chinar trees in Indian-administered Kashmir has sparked outrage, with locals and photos suggesting they were cut down, while the ...

Chinar wood is prized and sought after for carving ... Dismissing the reports, district authorities said that they were cutting dry branches of the trees. “It has come to our notice that ...

For Kashmiri environmental activist Raja Muzaffar Bhat, witnessing the axing of 500-year-old Chinar trees was a moment of profound distress. Some of the centuries-old trees, revered as symbols of ...

District Floriculture Officer Anantnag said only pruning of dried and hazardous branches of old Chinar trees was carried out at Ranibagh Park with due authorization to ensure public safety.

Environment activist Raja Muzaffar Bhat said the felling of Chinar trees was carried out under the garb of pruning branches. "Chinar trees in the middle of Rani Bagh in Anantnag have been ...

PTI The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday faced allegations of illegally felling centuries-old chinar trees at a public park in south Kashmir’s Anantnag although officials said that only ...

In the same way, we have done this for Chinar trees.” Metal cards dangle from their branches like medals of honour, carrying data — location, height, health — etched in codes, scannable at a ...