Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 14: The Government has constituted a Committee to examine all aspects relating to the Russian Poplar trees including the impact of pollen and fluff from the poplar trees, the desirability of felling Russian Poplar trees and related issues.
The Committee will be headed by Dr Mohit Gera, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and HoFF as Chairman, while Dr Farooq Ahmad Gillani, Chief Conservator of Forests Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Siddiqi, Vice Chancellor, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Dr Naveed Nazir Shah, HoD, Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College Srinagar, Zubair Ahmad Shah, Conservator of Forests Srinagar and Dr Tariq H Masoodi, Dean, Department of Forestry SKUAST Kashmir will be its members.
Meanwhile, Mehraj-ud-Din Malik, Regional Director, Social Forestry Kashmir will be the Member Secretary of the Committee.
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