HL--Over 17,600 Trees Cut For Kanwar Yatra Route In UP, Fact-Finding Panel Tells NGT
1 month, 1 week ago

HL--Over 17,600 Trees Cut For Kanwar Yatra Route In UP, Fact-Finding Panel Tells NGT

ABP News  

New Delhi, Nov 10 : A fact-finding panel has informed the National Green Tribunal that over 17,600 trees have been felled in three Uttar Pradesh districts to make way for the upcoming Kanwar Yatra route. "The interim report states that as per the information furnished by the irrigation department, 17,607 trees have been cut in all three districts till August 9, 2024," said the bench, also comprising judicial member Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert member A Senthil Vel. The tribunal also noted the Surveyor General's earlier statement on October 16 about conducting a drone survey to identify the extent of trees cut on both sides of the canals. "Hence, we direct the Surveyor General, Survey of India, to trace out the satellite imagery of the stretches under consideration for the year 2024 and file a fresh report showing the comparative position of trees which were existing in 2023 and trees fell till October 2024 in the stretches under consideration."

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SC to examine reasons behind DDA’s felling of 1,670 trees in Delhi Ridge area
1 week, 6 days ago

SC to examine reasons behind DDA’s felling of 1,670 trees in Delhi Ridge area

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine the reasons behind the Delhi Development Authority’s decision to fell 1,670 trees in the Delhi Ridge area for a road construction project. The case concerns DDA clearing trees in the Delhi ridge area The court was hearing a contempt petition filed by Delhi resident Bindu Kapurea, which challenges the “illegal” …

Tree cover loss: NGT seeks response from all states, UTs
1 month ago

Tree cover loss: NGT seeks response from all states, UTs

The Hindu  

The National Green Tribunal has sought a response from all states and Union Territories regarding the loss of trees, saying it is a "pan-India" issue. In an order dated November 18, a bench of judicial member Justice Sudhir Agarwal and expert member Afroz Ahmad noted the submissions of the counsel for the Survey of India about the information about forest …

Avoid repeat of Delhi Ridge tree felling: Supreme Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Avoid repeat of Delhi Ridge tree felling: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the “breach” committed by the Delhi Development of Authority in chopping down 1,670 trees in the Ridge area in Delhi should not be allowed to happen again, and proposed to put in place a mechanism to achieve this. More importantly, we need to see what safeguards we should put in place to obviate …

1,950 Trees to Be Translocated for VLF Radar Station in Vikarabad
2 months, 1 week ago

1,950 Trees to Be Translocated for VLF Radar Station in Vikarabad

The Hindu  

Union Minister for Coal & Mines G. Kishan Reddy clarifies that 1,500 acres out of 2,900 acres of the Damagundam forest land in Vikarabad will be left untouched. He points out that the Indian Navy has obtained all necessary statutory and green approvals to hand over the forest land by both the Centre and then State government after several discussions …

Kanwar Marg: UP suspends tree-felling, expert panel seeks more time to submit report
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Kanwar Marg: UP suspends tree-felling, expert panel seeks more time to submit report

Hindustan Times  

The expert committee, formed on directions of the National Green Tribunal to probe different environmental aspects of the proposed 111km Upper Ganga Canal Road project, has sought three more months from the NGT to file the final report. The state government, meanwhile, informed the tribunal that the construction work on the road project has been suspended due to rains and …

Felling of trees: NGT summons report on ‘Kanwar Road’
3 months, 1 week ago

Felling of trees: NGT summons report on ‘Kanwar Road’

Hindustan Times  

MEERUT: A team from the National Green Tribunal has summoned reports from various departments involved in the construction of the 102 km long road connecting Ghaziabad, Meerut, and Muzaffarnagar, referred to as the ‘Kanwar Road’ along the left bank of the Madhya Ganga Canal, following an inspection of the construction site in Meerut on September 9. State Forest Corporation’s divisional …

TH Impact: Forest Minister orders inquiry into alleged illegal tree cutting in Kodagu
4 months, 2 weeks ago

TH Impact: Forest Minister orders inquiry into alleged illegal tree cutting in Kodagu

The Hindu  

Following a report in The Hindu about the Forest Department allegedly granting permission to cut down 1,118 trees in a coffee plantation in Kodagu district, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has ordered a chief conservator of forests to probe the matter. On August 6, The Hindu published an article titled ‘Forest Department Approves Cutting of 1,118 Trees in Kodagu Plantation; Environmentalists …

Delhi LG not told that SC assent needed for felling trees: chief secy
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi LG not told that SC assent needed for felling trees: chief secy

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief secretary Naresh Kumar has told the Supreme Court that lieutenant governor VK Saxena was not “told” about the need to obtain the permission of the top court for the felling of trees in the southern Ridge during his visit to the site on February 2. Kumar said that “to the best of his knowledge, none of the officers …

Over 2L trees to be cut in Chhatisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand for mining: Centre tells RS
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Over 2L trees to be cut in Chhatisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand for mining: Centre tells RS

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that around 273,000 more trees are likely to be felled in coming years for mining in Hasdeo Arand forests as the wildlife and biodiversity institutions have not recommended a complete ban on mining. The Union environment ministry in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday shared information on two of the most …

1 year on, FSI yet to release the crucial State of Forest report
4 months, 4 weeks ago

1 year on, FSI yet to release the crucial State of Forest report

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Last year, 11 retired government officials, including some from the forest and environment departments and two environmental activists challenged the new amendment in the Supreme Court. Experts said the State of the Forest reports need to give accurate details of “unclassed” or “deemed” forests in each district as per the state expert committee reports, something which has not …

NGT seeks response from PMC over tree cutting for Sadhu Vaswani overbridge
4 months, 4 weeks ago

NGT seeks response from PMC over tree cutting for Sadhu Vaswani overbridge

Hindustan Times  

Following an application filed by activists in the National Green Tribunal over the proposed tree cutting for the construction of the Sadhu Vaswani Railway overbridge in the Bundgarden area, the NGT on July 23 asked Pune Municipal Corporation to submit its response within four weeks. Additionally, the NGT directed the Maharashtra State Tree Authority to convene a meeting of all …

AAP protests against felling of 1,100 trees in Ridge area
5 months ago

AAP protests against felling of 1,100 trees in Ridge area

The Hindu  

The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday held a protest against the BJP and Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena over the “illegal” felling of about 1,100 trees in the Satbari forest area in the southern Ridge. Senior AAP leader and Urban Development Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that the trees were cut based on the L-G’s order following his February 3 visit to the …

SC raps Delhi government for giving permission to DDA to chop 422 trees in reserve forest area
5 months ago

SC raps Delhi government for giving permission to DDA to chop 422 trees in reserve forest area

New Indian Express  

The Supreme Court has slammed the Delhi government for granting permission to the Delhi Development Authority to chop 422 trees in the Southern Ridge's reserve forest area for the construction of a road, noting that it has shown lack of sensitivity over protecting the environment. "The Delhi government must take the blame for granting permission to fell 422 trees, though …

Delhi govt's fact finding panel visits area where 1,100 trees 'felled', alleges cover up
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi govt's fact finding panel visits area where 1,100 trees 'felled', alleges cover up

The Hindu  

The fact finding committee of the Delhi Government on July 9 visited Satbari in southern Ridge area, where 1,100 trees were allegedly felled without proper permission. The AAP leaders have alleged that 1,100 trees in the southern Ridge area were cut by the Delhi Development Authority on the lieutenant governor's verbal instructions. The party-led Delhi Government has constituted a fact …

South Delhi eco zone now a shrine to 1,100 felled trees
5 months, 2 weeks ago

South Delhi eco zone now a shrine to 1,100 felled trees

Hindustan Times  

A 2.3km stretch of the Chhattarpur Satbari-Gaushala road, which is in the process of being widened into a six-lane road to extend up to the AIIMS-CAPFMIS campus at Maidan Garhi, is lined with chopped stumps, strewn bark and dead branches as haunting evidence of illegal tree-felling in the eco-sensitive zone around Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. The court observed that on …

Delhi Minister announces fact finding committee to probe cutting of trees in Ridge area
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Minister announces fact finding committee to probe cutting of trees in Ridge area

India Today  

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced the formation of a three-member fact-finding committee to investigate the order to cut over 1,000 trees in South Delhi's reserve forest. Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that "a shocking incident has come to light" from Chhatarpur in Satbari that in February, the DDA violated all the rules and cut 1,100 trees without permission from …

Delhi Minister seeks status report on cutting of 1,100 trees in Ridge area
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Minister seeks status report on cutting of 1,100 trees in Ridge area

India Today  

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has ordered the collection of all relevant records and a status report on actions taken so far in connection with the cutting of 1,100 trees without permission in south Delhi's Ridge area. The NGO said it was necessary to take permission from the Supreme Court before cutting down trees in the Ridge area. On Monday, …

NHAI urged to plant saplings to compensate for trees cut for road projects in the last 10 years in Coimbatore
6 months, 3 weeks ago

NHAI urged to plant saplings to compensate for trees cut for road projects in the last 10 years in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Marumalarchi Makkal Iyyakkam has urged the National Highways Authority of India to plant saplings and monitor their growth in compensation for the trees cut for road projects in Coimbatore division in the last 10 years. V. Eswaran, president of the Iyyakam, said in a press release that according to information he obtained through Right to Information, the NHAI cut …

SC rebukes DDA for cutting trees in Delhi Ridge, says can’t trust it now
7 months, 1 week ago

SC rebukes DDA for cutting trees in Delhi Ridge, says can’t trust it now

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its sharp disapproval of Delhi Development Authority vice chairman Subhashish Panda’s affidavit that claimed 642 trees were cut in the Delhi Ridge without his knowledge, saying the top court “cannot trust the DDA now”. The Supreme Court was a contempt petition by Bindu Kapurea against DDA V-C Subhashish Panda over the felling …

Court pulls up Delhi forest dept for destroying trees citing infra projects
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Court pulls up Delhi forest dept for destroying trees citing infra projects

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Wednesday reprimanded the AAP government’s forest department for destroying trees under the pretext of pruning and granting permission to fell trees without passing a non-speaking order saying that the department did not care about the environment. In that order, the high court had directed the government to not grant permission for cutting trees to individuals …

Did not damage pond, fell trees to build Faridabad link road: NHAI to NGT
1 year, 2 months ago

Did not damage pond, fell trees to build Faridabad link road: NHAI to NGT

Hindustan Times  

The National Highways Authority of India has submitted before the National Green Tribunal that it has neither encroached upon a pond near Village Kiranj in Nuh, not did it fell trees illegally while constructing the Faridabad link road connecting Delhi-Mumbai Expressway with Faridabad-Ballabhgarh Bypass. HT Image The highways authority in its compliance report, dated October 2, made this submission in …

Over 1,000 trees in Thirumangalam-Vadugapatti section to be axed by NHAI?
1 year, 6 months ago

Over 1,000 trees in Thirumangalam-Vadugapatti section to be axed by NHAI?

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: Environmental enthusiasts expressed grief over the National Highways Authority of India's alleged plans of felling more than a thousand trees as a part of the road extension work between the Thirumangalam and Vadugapatti areas. "Prior to the extension works, NHAI has started clearing both sides of the road by cutting trees, which has left environmental enthusiasts concerned over felling …

Uttarakhand: Probe ordered into felling of nearly 100 trees in Nainital forests
1 year, 6 months ago

Uttarakhand: Probe ordered into felling of nearly 100 trees in Nainital forests

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand forest department has ordered an inquiry into the felling of nearly 100 trees in Nainital forests, officials said on Tuesday. The Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation was mandated to cut the Eucalyptus trees, but under the tree felling exercise, timber smugglers also fell nearly 100 trees. “Nearly 100 Eucalyptus trees were cut in forests of Jwala forests under Ramnagar …

Projects through tiger corridors approved; 14,241 trees to be cut
1 year, 6 months ago

Projects through tiger corridors approved; 14,241 trees to be cut

Hindustan Times  

In a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday evening, the State Board For Wildlife cleared four proposals for which a total of 14,241 trees will need to be cut. The SBWL also cleared the 220-KV Thane-Salcette line for Mumbai power augmentation, which will pass through 62 metres inside the Thane creek flamingo sanctuary. The proposal says that …

Ensure No Offence Under State Trees Act Are Committed In Future: National Green Tribunal To Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 6 months ago

Ensure No Offence Under State Trees Act Are Committed In Future: National Green Tribunal To Andhra Pradesh

Live Law  

Observing that as per Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002 the wrongdoer is penalised for cutting 150 years old four tamarind trees, the National Green Tribunal has directed the state officials to ensure that “no such offences are committed in future”. The bench of Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana and Dr. Satyagopal Korlapati said, “In view of the fact that …

Expert panel to assess request to cut more trees for 7 govt colonies in Delhi
1 year, 7 months ago

Expert panel to assess request to cut more trees for 7 govt colonies in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

A six-member expert committee has been formed to decide whether the National Buildings Construction Corporation should be allowed to cut an additional over 8,000 trees for building the seven General Pool Residential Accommodation colonies, according to documents seen by HT. The panel was constituted by Delhi’s State Environment Impact Assessment Authority and the State Expert Appraisal Committee, after an environmental …

Green tribunal notice to builder over serious Tree Act violations
1 year, 8 months ago

Green tribunal notice to builder over serious Tree Act violations

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The National Green Tribunal in Pune has admitted an application filed by two residents of the slum rehab component of a luxury housing project which, in February, was in the news for big-ticket real estate transactions worth over ₹1,400 crore. The application says that Skylark Buildcon, the developer of Oberoi Three Sixty West, the luxury project in Worli, has …

Every Hour Five Trees Are Cut Down in Delhi: High Court Seeks Action Plan From Forest Department
1 year, 8 months ago

Every Hour Five Trees Are Cut Down in Delhi: High Court Seeks Action Plan From Forest Department

Live Law  

Recently, the Delhi High Court sought an expedited action plan from the Forest Department after it was brought to the court's attention that, for the years 2019, 2020, and 2021, five trees are being cut down every hour in Delhi with prior permission from the Tree Officer. The bench of Justice Najmi Waziri said, “Remedying the harm and loss of …

Bombay HC asks BMC about notice cut 177 trees at Aarey for Metro car shed project
1 year, 10 months ago

Bombay HC asks BMC about notice cut 177 trees at Aarey for Metro car shed project

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked Mumbai’s civic body why it has issued a public notice seeking to cut 177 trees at Mumbai’s suburban area Aarey Colony for a Metro 3 car shed when the Supreme Court had allowed the felling of only 84 trees. On January 12, BMC issued a notice after the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited …

Three Trees Cut Every Hour In Last 3 Yrs In Delhi: High Court Seeks Response From Forest Dept
2 years, 5 months ago

Three Trees Cut Every Hour In Last 3 Yrs In Delhi: High Court Seeks Response From Forest Dept

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response from the forest department after it was informed that three trees were cut every hour in the city, in the last three years; the figure excluding illegally felled trees.Justice Najmi Waziri, while hearing a contempt case concerning the preservation of trees in the national capital, came down heavily upon the authorities for …

HC grants permission to fell 1,334 trees for metro project on ORR stretch
2 years, 8 months ago

HC grants permission to fell 1,334 trees for metro project on ORR stretch

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday permitted the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. to fell 1,334 trees in metro project package-1 of phase-2B between Kasturinagar and Kempapura on the Outer Ring Road. Krishna Kumar granted the permission to act on the sanction letter given by the Tree Officer based on the recommendation made by the Technical Expert Committee, set …

Delhi losing its trees due to lack of census, violation of rules
3 years ago

Delhi losing its trees due to lack of census, violation of rules

Hindustan Times  

Delhi could be losing thousands of trees every year -- thanks to the absence of a tree census and faulty implementation of existing laws. Yet, few mark trees, both within the boundary walls or just outside, and as a result, the forest department claimed, many trees are going missing -- being cut down without any permission being sought. Sarvodaya Enclave, …

Supreme Court stays felling of 11,000 tress on Doon Expressway till November 26
3 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court stays felling of 11,000 tress on Doon Expressway till November 26

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed felling of around 11,000 trees and plants on the Ganeshpur-Dehradun Road stretch, part of the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor until November 26 and also asked National Green Tribunal to decide the plea against forest clearances granted to the Expressway. Supreme Court of India A Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and Vikram Nath set …

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