SWAT::District Magistrate, Irfanullah Wazir under section 144 has imposed a ban on cutting trees and use of chainsaws in protected areas of the district.
The decision to this effect has been taken after witnessing illegal logging in protected areas that often leads to imbalances of the ecosystem and natural calamities in addition.
The ban has been imposed for a period of two months hence forthwith and violators would be prosecuted under section 188 of CrPC, said an official statement issued here Wednesday.