dehradun following months of litigation the nainital high court in september had ordered felling of more than 1100 eucalyptus trees and transplantation of 972 others for the widening of the 14kmlong jogiwalapacific golf estate road from 75 metres to 20 metres however months later the leftover tree stumps dry leaves and garbage are creating problems for residentsthe trees were felled almost six months back there were several protests and objections to it because of which the whole process was carried out in a matter of days however even now some of the tree stumps and trunks lie along the sahastradhara road also the debris from the felling process like dry leaves and loose branches were never removed over months they have accumulated along the sides and moved into the drains choking them completely offseason rain or any water accumulation causes severe logging and the stagnant water just sits there which is a severe sanitation and health issue said shailesh dimri a kulhan resident locals said that the unattended tree stumps also pose an accident risk to commuters specially during the night when the visibility in the area is low there is a lot of interdepartmental blame game happening officials of the public works department claimed that even though the project is theirs the tree felling was carried out by the forest corporation who should be clearing any leftoverspwd rishikesh has been instructed to clear out drains before the situation becomes worse said municipal commissioner manuj goyal officials said the agency undertaking the project has to be responsible for clearance meanwhile activists claim that court instructions are not being followed the transplantation was supposed to happen under guidance of fri experts and during novemberdecember months conducive to the process however guidelines were violated and we have filed a contempt case said ashish garg the original petitioner in the matter