Correspondent

PASIGHAT, Jan 15: The All Mebo Circle Students’ Union (AMCSU) of East Siang district in collaboration with All Paglam Circle Students’ Union (APCSU) of Dambuk Sub-division under Lower Dibang Valley district intercepted three rafts of illegal timber logs from the Tarotamak river ghat in between Namsing and Gadum village on Friday.
AMCSU President, Kangge Tayeng said the team detected the illegal timber operation at Tarotamak river area and reported the matter to the Range Forest Officer, Mebo RF. “There were total 140 logs on three rafts and people involved in the illegal timber operation were said to be from Assam. The timber must have been sold or led by someone from Arunachal side, but when our team reached the spot, they fled from the scene," Tayeng said adding that later the Seram Forest Beat took custody of the timber.
Both unions have exhorted the forest department to take a tough stand against the rampant timber operation in the district so that timber operators/mafias don’t take the department  for granted. Environmental issues and rampant destruction of forests is a serious concern for not only people of the region, but for the whole of the globe today, we must act now to check and regulate the unabated felling of trees for commercial purposes, added the student leaders.
It is noteworthy to mention here that, such illegal timber logs from Arunachal are taken to Dibrugarh and other areas of Assam via Siang river and its tributaries causing the government of Arunachal Pradesh incur huge revenue loss. 

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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