Mathura (UP), Oct 13 (PTI) Authorities have registered an FIR over the illegal felling of 82 trees of various species from a park owned by the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) here, officials said on Monday.

According to the FIR lodged on Sunday at the Refinery police station, several Eucalyptus and Juliflora trees were illegally cut down on Saturday from Park number 6 located in Industrial Area Site B.

Locals alerted the social forestry division about the incident, following which officials reached the site and confirmed the large-scale felling.

An FIR has been lodged against B N Group, the owner of the excavator, B K Upadhyay, and three unidentified persons under Sections 4 and 10 of the Uttar Pradesh Protection of Trees in Rural and Hill Areas Act, 1976,

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