In hurry to do away with ‘deemed’ forests, Modi govt has ‘doomed forests’: Jairam Ramesh’s dig at Centre
“After Parliament passed the dangerous amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 last week, which many, including me, had warned against, the Odisha government was quick to pass orders that ‘deemed’ forests would no longer be considered as forests,” former environment minister Jairam Ramesh said.
