Includes information on constitution of committee to assess deforestation in Reni and other villages around Joshimath and administrative scheduling of committee meetings. Also contains letters addressed to Virendra Kumar and Chief Scientist at Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute on the inclusion of a soil conservation expert in the Committee appointed for assessing deforestation. A part of this correspondence are also scientific assessments of Patalganga watershed area, Badrinath forest area.