Uttarakhand HC Issues CBI Notice Over 7,375 Missing Forest Boundary Pillars in Mussoorie

• Uttarakhand High Court issued notices to CBI, Union, and Uttarakhand Govts regarding 7,375 missing forest boundary pillars in Mussoorie Forest Division.
• The Court, hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), called the disappearance a "very serious issue" in an ecologically sensitive region.
• Environmentalist Naresh Chaudhary's PIL alleges systematic removal led to unchecked encroachments and large-scale ecological damage.
• The PIL seeks a comprehensive geo-referenced survey by Survey of India, restoration of pillars, and digitization of forest records.
• The issue surfaced in 2023 after a report revealed 7,375 out of 12,321 boundary pillars were missing on the ground.

Why It Matters: Uttarakhand HC demands answers from CBI, governments on thousands of missing Mussoorie forest pillars.