Number of trees illegally cut to widen Chhatarpur road over twice Delhi LG’s estimate: Forest Survey
VK Saxena told the Supreme Court last month that about 642 trees had been felled for the project, which is less than the Forest Survey’s estimate of 1,670.
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The Forest Survey of India has prepared a report saying that the number of trees cut without permission to widen a road in Delhi’s Chhatarpur area is over two-and-a-half times the figure provided by the Delhi Development Authority and Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, The Indian Express reported on Tuesday.
Saxena is the chairperson of the Delhi Development Authority.
It is unclear whether the report has been submitted to the Supreme Court, which is hearing a case pertaining to the alleged felling of hundreds of trees by the Delhi Development Authority in violation of Supreme Court orders.
The court had previously mandated that no trees in the Delhi Ridge forest area could be cut without its prior permission.
According to the Forest Survey, a total of 1,670 trees were felled to widen the road in the national capital. Of these, 1,136 were inside the Ridge forest area and 534 were outside it.
The Forest Survey is a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change that conducts surveys and assessments of forest resources in the country.
On May 16, the court directed the Forest Survey to submit a report on the number of trees cut by the Delhi Development Authority and to assess the resultant environmental damage. On October 22, Saxena told the court that the actual...
