Municipal Corporation Of Rajkot — cutting of tree

Address:

Rajkot, Gujarat, 360005

Hello,
I am dharmarajsinh jadeja, i live in sadguru nagar society, university road, rajkot, gujarat. This is in regards for cutting of a old tree illegally.
There was a old gulmohar (Delonix regia) tree which was atleast around 30-40 years old and was very strong.
The tree was in the garden of sadguru nagar society.
But yesterday a team of 4 labours came and cut the tree and said that the tree was decomposed and was dangerous and could fall.
But the tree was very strong and full green and gave its gulmohar every year.
The labours said that the cutting was ordered and instructed by the head of the garden department of rajkot municipal corporation named hapaliya sir.
According to survey it is known that he is one of most corrupt person in the rmc.
There was no written permission for the cutting of the tree by the sir.
This can also be called smuggling.
The tree cutting machine was directly given power output from the pgvcl wire of the society.
Men from pgvcl came and took the machine.
We went to police but first they were trying to confuse us. And they were not filing any case as hapaliya sir was a well connected corrupted man. So he was pressurising the police.
But at the end the policemen took a written application.

Yesterday we lost a tree which was there from when i was not born.
So sad to know that the people who are promoting the tree planting are the ones who are doing this illegal things and smuggling of tree wood.
We request that the responsible person should get appropriate punishment for destroying our environment. He is a murderer, a enivornmental murderer.
Hapaliya sir, head of the garden department, rajkot municipal corporation is one of the person who is mainly responsible for this.
This should be protested very hard because he is well connected person so actions wont be taken against him but this type of people should not be forgiven.
Please take strict actions against him.

Thank you
Dharmarajsinh jadeja
Commitee member - sadguru nagar society, rajkot
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