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Owners of private forest nurseries, watchmen threaten protest

By our correspondents
November 17, 2017
MINGORA: Owners of private forest nurseries, watchmen and plantation workers have threatened to stage a protest rally outside the office of the district forest officer if their payments were not cleared forthwith.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, they said that the department had signed agreement with them two years ago for the "billion tree tsunami project." They said that they distributed millions of saplings to the farmers on the directives of the Forest Department. They added that the department paid them a nominal amount that did not cover even their costs.