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https://lawtimesjournal.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/High-court-of-Jammu-and-Kashmir.png1200628Putting a big question mark on the functioning of the Forest Department, High Court today said that green cover of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is decreasing continuously due to encroachments and illegal cutting of trees but the concerned authorities have failed to take urgent steps to check the prevailing situation.