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Resettlement colony at Aarey will test environment groups
By Manoj R Nair
UPDATED ON FEB 17, 2020 12:03 AM IST
The resettlement colony at Aarey will be a test for environment groups that had carried out some of the most sustained public protests in the city against tree felling at Aarey Milk Colony
Aarey tree cutting row: BMC tree panel split wide open; 2 experts resign
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
UPDATED ON SEP 01, 2019 03:44 AM IST
The panel had given its nod for felling 2,646 trees – 2,185 to be cut and 461 to be transplanted – in a meeting on Thursday, when of the 18 members, eight voted for the proposal, six voted against it, two abstained and two were absent.
Aravallis to get 9 new checkpoints
Gurugram | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 28, 2019 07:44 AM IST
This development comes just two days after the departments received a complaint of large-scale tree felling on the protected Aravalli land in Kot and Bandhwari villages, lying in the buffer zone of Mangar Bani, Delhi-NCR’s only remaining sacred grove.
500 mesquite trees felled in Aravallis adjoining Kot, Bandhwari villages, say locals
Gurugram | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 26, 2019 11:48 PM IST
This is the largest tree felling to be reported in the region since June 9 last year, when at least 400 trees were felled in Mangar.
400 protected sheesham trees felled in Pataudi
Gurugram | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON APR 27, 2019 12:40 AM IST
The issue of the disappearing trees was flagged to forest department by Anil Gandas, a wildlife rescuer, who has personally counted about 400 stumps in the area. He estimates that the real figure is probably more.
Mumbai civic body gave nod to remove 8,775 trees in 2018 for urban projects
Hindustan Times | By Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON APR 09, 2019 11:59 PM IST
Although some of these are proposals and have not resulted in trees actually being felled, the published notices add up to an average loss of 24 trees per day in 2018
Tree felling, garbage dumping, threaten Delhi’s Jahanpanah forest
New Delhi | By Joydeep Thakur
UPDATED ON MAR 28, 2019 08:05 AM IST
In a report prepared after an inspection in January this year, the department said illegal activities such as felling of trees, dumping of garbage, encroachment and open defecation by locals were rampant.
Cutting trees for building roads and buildings is not sustainable
By Kalpana Viswanath
UPDATED ON FEB 28, 2019 03:37 PM IST
City planners should keep the pedestrians, not cars, at the centre of road infrastructure.
In Delhi govt’s green push, tree felling for infra projects capped at 20%
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Joydeep Thakur
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2019 02:19 AM IST
The Delhi government will allow felling of only 20% trees for infrastructure and development projects while the rest 80% will have to be transplanted, finance minister Manish Sisodia announced in his budget speech on Tuesday.
Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority seeks approval to fell 1,500 trees
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By Dhananjay Jha
PUBLISHED ON FEB 25, 2019 04:53 AM IST
The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has sought permission from the district forest department to fell about 1,500 trees for its road-widening project in Udyog Vihar and Palam Vihar, which is at an advance stage, officials privy to the matter said.
MP forest dept take drone route to take on mining mafia, encroachers
Bhopal, Hindustan Times | By Punya Priya Mitra
PUBLISHED ON JAN 29, 2019 07:37 PM IST
In a first, the Madhya Pradesh forest department will deploy drones to take on the mining mafia, illegal loggers and encroachers of forest land
Pune professor resigns over illegal felling of trees in college
Hindustan Times | By Aayushi Pratap, Mumbai
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2018 11:58 PM IST
Professor Milind Watve, whose laboratory has been working on biodiversity conservation for over a decade, alleged that around 500 trees in the IISER campus have been illegally chopped in the last two years in the same of development
Police ask forest department to count and identify trees in Delhi Golf Club
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 05, 2018 12:58 PM IST
Delhi Police’s action came following a complaint of alleged illegal cutting of trees on the premises of Delhi Golf Club.
Day after clash, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik orders halt to tree felling for beer factory
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON NOV 18, 2018 03:12 PM IST
A day after hundreds of villagers clashed with police, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday ordered immediate halt to cutting of trees in a forest in Dhenkanal district for a beer factory.
Trees cut in Ghaziabad, forest department to issue directions
Hindustan Times, Ghaziabad | By Peeyush Khandelwal
PUBLISHED ON SEP 15, 2018 06:04 AM IST
Following an incident on Thursday when the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) allegedly damaged trees in the city forest area, the divisional forest department will be writing to all departments in the district to obtain permission before pruning any greenery.
No urban development project can justify wanton destruction of trees
By Prerna Singh Bindra
UPDATED ON AUG 30, 2018 07:07 PM IST
Over the past five years, about 25,000 trees (the government records 9,000) have been felled in Gurugram.
Road design fundamentally wrong
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By Amit Bhatt
UPDATED ON AUG 29, 2018 12:02 PM IST
Lack of drains alongside roads, massive tree felling to widen roads and unreliable infrastructure are the main reasons for the problem.
Noida to chop 3,000 trees for city’s largest biodiversity park
Hindustan Times, Noida | By Snehil Sinha
PUBLISHED ON AUG 25, 2018 03:40 AM IST
The Noida authority has plans to clear a eucalyptus forest and plant about 5,000 native trees and around one lakh other shrubs and plants, including 19,625 ornamental ones. The authority has handed over the task to Uttar Pradesh forest corporation.
2,841 illegally cut logs found at Delhi Golf Club, says forest dept
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Sweta Goswami
PUBLISHED ON AUG 22, 2018 02:02 AM IST
The report signed by the conservator of forests also suggests the club tried to cover up the tree felling by digging pits to hide the logs and then covering them with soil and dried leaves. The golf club denied the allegations.
AAP Govt files complaint against Delhi Golf Club after over ‘600 logs found’ on premises
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 18, 2018 02:02 PM IST
Delhi environment minister Imran Hussain said a probe had been ordered after a club member complained about “large-scale felling of trees” inside club premises last week.
Amid protests to save 14,000, Delhi will lose another 2,000 trees to development projects
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Soumya Pillai
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2018 11:03 AM IST
The Rs 777-crore plan by the public works department in central Delhi’s Sundar Nagar, which includes cut and covered tunnels, foot over-bridges, loops, ramps and landscaping, will alone require the felling of nearly 1,500 trees.
In 5 years, Delhi didn’t reject any proposal to cut trees for projects
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Soumya Pillai
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2018 07:31 AM IST
The cutting of trees has become controversial following a furore over the plan to fell around 16,500 trees in South Delhi for an ambitious project redeveloping several neighbourhoods dedicated to government housing.
At Delhi’s East Kidwai Nagar, ‘ornamental’ trees replace years-old ecosystem
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Sweta Goswami
UPDATED ON JUN 27, 2018 06:57 PM IST
The housing project at East Kidwai Nagar will offer 4,608 units for central government employees against the 2,444 houses that previously existed here. It will also include office and commercial spaces.
AAP indulging in cheap political gimmick over felling of trees, says BJP
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JUN 24, 2018 10:06 PM IST
Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari says the project authorities have ensured that almost three trees will be planted for every one tree cut and most of these new planted trees will grow up in two years by the time the project completes.
Gurugram paid with 14,500 trees for new underpasses, flyovers; forest department to increase sapling plantation
Gurugram, Hindustan Times | By Rashpal Singh
UPDATED ON JUN 07, 2018 08:35 AM IST
The forest department, this pre-monsoon, has increased its sapling plantation target by 10 times the 2017-18 target. The department is aiming to plant over 3 lakh saplings this year.
Madhav Gadgil on why tree census must be a government exercise and not a private one
Hindustan Times, Pune | By Prachi Bari
UPDATED ON APR 19, 2018 02:59 PM IST
Madhav Gadgil explains the ongoing tree census 2016-2018 and the threats to Pune’s green cover.
Mumbai national park warns construction sites against dumping debris
Hindustan Times | By Badri Chatterjee
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2018 12:31 AM IST
Anwar Ahmed, director and chief conservator of forest of the national park, said he visited the site where the debris was being dumped on Sunday.
Miscreants cut trees, dump debris at Borivli national park in Mumbai; citizens alert authorities
Hindustan Times | By Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
UPDATED ON APR 16, 2018 11:49 AM IST
Gurgaon: Forest dept launches 24-hour toll-free helpline, task force starts functioning
hindustan times | By Leena Dhankhar, Gurgaon
UPDATED ON MAR 28, 2018 10:54 PM IST
The task force is meant to protect wild animals from poachers. The team will curtail poaching and illegal tree felling in the eco-sensitive areas of the Aravallis.