SRINAGAR, Feb 25: Violations of official permissions for pruning dry Chinar trees have raised serious concerns in Anantnag, as fresh and healthy branches have been indiscriminately cut down in ...

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 ...

Kashmir's Chinar trees are being digitally tagged with unique numbers and QR codes by the J&K Forest Research Institute to ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Story continues below this ad 3. As part of the initiative, metallic QR codes have been placed on chinar trees. When scanned, these codes will provide information about each tree across 25 parameters.

The chinar leaves turn shades of red, orange and yellow during autumn [Getty Images] ...

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 ...