Compensatory tree plantation in Harewali

NEW DELHI: Compensatory plantation of trees cut for the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Delhi will be carried out on 24.8 hectares of Gram Sabha land in village Harewali in North-West District of the capital.

The Transport Department of Government of NCT of Delhi has also deposited the amount for creation of compensatory plantation, an official release said.

The BRTS was given permission to cut all the trees that fall in the way of the bus stops, bus lanes and cycle tracks in Delhi.

As the project was neither a National Highway nor a State Highway it did not attract the provisions of Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006.

As per the report by Department of Forest and Wildlife, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, permission for felling/transplantation of 2468 trees was given in accordance with the provisions of The Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994.

The Act provides for compensatory plantation in the ratio of 1:10 in case of felling and 1:5 in case of transplantation of the trees.