THE Doon Valley is witnessing protests by young people and senior citizens against felling of trees to broaden a highway connecting Dehradun with the picturesque hill town of Mussoorie. Angry and determined, the tree activists are turning up at various spots of the proposed highway expansion to stage protests.
On October 2, Gandhi Jayanti, they gathered at Asharodi in Dehradun, at the edge of a tunnel linking the city with Saharanpur. They shouted slogans and waved placards. Next, the tree activists, young and old, moved to Mohand in Saharanpur where they were joined by the Van Gujjars, a nomadic community. . .
