Indıa Deforestatıon

epa02124081 Labourers working for Assam Forest Department are seen engaged in cutting trees near the Amsang Wildlife Sanctuary for the construction of the East-West Corridor on the outskirts of Guwahati city, northeast India, 19 April 2010. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has already got court clearance to cut a total of 1,36,547 trees along the way in Assam state alone. The state Forest Department is the agency entrusted with the task of cutting down the trees after paying the necessary compensation funded by NHAI. The 678-km four-lane East-West Corridor in Assam state will extend from Srirampur on the Assam-West Bengal border to Silchar in southern Assam.