Overview
- The state-appointed committee is surveying roughly 2,866 acres of reserved forest under a Supreme Court order issued on December 22.
- Demonstrators blocked the highway and railway near the Mansa Devi crossing, delaying or halting trains including the Rishikesh-bound Barmer Express and the Gangotri Express.
- Police reported stone-pelting, used a lathi charge for crowd control, deployed PAC units, and later held a flag march in the Rishikesh–Shyampur area.
- Officials said identified instigators will face cases, and the inquiry team continued on-site measurements across multiple neighborhoods despite resistance.
- The dispute stems from a 99-year lease granted in 1950 to a local society, with allegations of unauthorised commercial use and informal parcel transfers on reserved forest land.