Smugglers have hacked around 300 catechu trees, known as khair, in private forest area near Karnala bird sanctuary. Villagers said the forest department is clueless about the axing. Other villagers ...

Bhopal: Besides poaching of wildlife, forest officials are facing another problem— illegal felling of Khair (Acasia catechu) trees, especially from the forests in the tiger corridor. Insiders claim ...

DHARAMSALA: Kangra police have busted a gang that was involved in illegal felling of khair Acacia Catechu trees from the forests of Sansarpur Terrace area in the district Top News in India: Tribune ...

DHADING: An arrest warrant has been issued against those involved in the illegal felling of Acacia catechu (Khayar) trees in a community forest area of Tripurasundari Rural Municipality-3 in Dhading ...

Since the beginning of February this year, at least 50 prime Acacia Catechu trees have been axed in the Manor jungles near Palghar. The wood is worth Rs 1.65 lakh. A guard of the Forest Department, ...

Little over a year after the forest department authorities had seized Khair wood (Catechu trees) on the Mumbai Ahmedabad highway near Charoti—110 kms north of Mumbai—another vehicle transporting Khair ...