Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has directed officials to submit a detailed status report tomorrow by 11 am regarding the 'illegal' cutting of 1,100 trees in the protected Ridge area in the national capital.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a criminal contempt of court notice to the Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in the matter relating to the felling of trees in Delhi's Ridge Forest area.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered no more felling of trees in the South/Central forest ridge and sought the presence of Vice Chairman of Delhi Development Authorities (DDA), the Director General of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) for allegedly defying apex court's order.
The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up Delhi's forest department for passing stereotypical orders which allowing felling of trees in the national capital and asked that you want people to live in gas chambers? It's only application of mind and it is only sensitivity.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday constituted a Committee in relation to alleged damage to the environment by construction works including earth moving, blasting of rocks, and felling of trees in Sikharchandi Hills, a part of Chandaka Wildlife Division in Khurda, Odisha.
The marking of dried trees on the forest land would be done on a daily basis in the state and the responsibility of the concerned DFOs will be fixed to ensure it happens in time, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday, informed a press release.
Earlier the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal approved the transplantation and felling of 579 trees from the site. Of the total trees, 103 will be felled and 476 will be transplanted.
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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 28 (ANI): Taking up stern action on the complaints of illegal constructions and felling of trees in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) area, the Uttarakhand government on Wednesday suspended two IFS officers and removed the director of the wildlife sanctuar
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 14 (ANI): After the recent controversy over the felling of trees at Mullaperiyar Baby Dam, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Kerala unit said that it will extend full support to its leader and State forest minister AK Saseendran.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 13 (ANI): Demanding a judicial inquiry into felling of trees downstream of Mullaperiyar Baby Dam in Idduki, Congress MLA K Babu said on Saturday that the order by the Kerala forest authority has weakened the state's stand on the issue in the Supreme Court.