(1) These rules shall be called the Rules of Felling of Trees, 2022.
(2) These rules shall be applicable in whole of the State of Chhattisgarh, where the Code is in effect.
(3) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
(4) The word "Code" mentioned in rules means the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 (No. 20 of 1959).
2. No tree shall be cut, felled, girdled or otherwise damaged,-
(a) within 20 metres of the extreme edge of the bank of any water course, spring or a tank;
(b) over an area covered by a grove within a radius of 20 metres of a sacred place;
(c) in the area under plantation of tree species under the Van Mahotsava programme or under any other similar scheme;
(d) over an area set apart for an encamping ground, burial or burning ground, gothan, threshing floor, bazaar or abadi.
Explanation – for the purposes of clause (a) a water course shall include all streams, rivers, rivulets and nallas which usually retain water up to the end of December, but shall not include small temporary channels formed by the run off of water during the monsoon.