Dehradun, March 11 -- Human-wildlife conflict & forest issues dominate Question Hour in Assembly

Gairsain, 10 Mar: Issues related to the Forest Department figured prominently during Question Hour on the second day of the Budget Session of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly held at the Assembly building in Bhararisain in the summer capital, Gairsain, where members from both the Treasury Benches and the Opposition raised a series of pointed questions concerning human-wildlife conflict, compensation to victims, ropeway projects and forest laws. In fact, Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal had to face some embarrassing and uneasy moments while responding to the questions and supplementary questions raised by the members including by members from...