Felling of trees for PM's helipad sparks row in Odisha

Union Petroleum Minister and senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan, however, claimed that people who are "afraid" of the prime minister's visit are trying to spread a false campaign by "misusing" forest officials. "Following the direction of the DFO, a team will visit the site in order to ascertain the number of treesfelled in the area," said Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Babaji Charan Raul.

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