Coming down heavily on the Uttarakhand government for the felling of trees and illegal construction in Jim Corbett National Park, the Supreme Court today said public trust had been thrown into the waste bin. Pulling up former state minister Harak Singh Rawat and former divisional forest officer Kishan Chand, it asked the Centre to form a committee that will recommend steps to mitigate the damage and recover the cost from those responsible. Wildlife experts discuss the major supreme court order.
