Dehradun, July 17 -- Sandeep Dikshit, former Congress MP and Chairperson of Rachnatmak Congress, has addressed a public letter to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, urging an immediate suspension of the felling of thousands of trees in the Saat Mod forest area.

The trees are being cleared as part of the Bhaniyawala-Rishikesh highway widening project, a stretch that links Dehradun and Rishikesh.

In his letter, Dikshit expressed deep concern over the environmental impact of the project, highlighting that the Saat Mod area is an ecologically sensitive zone.

"It is humbly submitted that under the National Highway widening project between Bhaniyawala, Jolly Grant, and Rishikesh, a large number of trees are being felled in the '...