NGT Orders Action on Failed Tree Plantations in Rajasthan

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Bhopal is very concerned about the failure of tree plantations and possible misuse of money in the forests near Kota, Rajasthan.

A man named Tapeshwar Singh Bhati filed a complaint saying that the government did not properly restore forest land that was used for building a highway.

The NGT found out that the government had given a lot of money for planting trees and building walls, but most of the trees did not survive.

Some officials might have tried to hide this by planting new trees.

The NGT is very serious about this and has asked the top forest official in Rajasthan to investigate.

They also ordered that new trees should be planted and that officials who made mistakes should be punished.

The next hearing is in March 2026.