AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj accuses Delhi LG of visiting ridge forest area where illegal cutting of trees happenedAAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj claimed Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena visited sites where trees were illegally felled and gave instructio...
26 Aug, 2024, 11.34 AM IST
Should've been told on first day LG gave order to cut trees: SC on tree felling in ridgeThe Supreme Court expressed concern over attempts to conceal the involvement of Delhi LG V K Saxena in the felling of trees in the ridge ar...
12 Jul, 2024, 06.51 PM IST
"Delhi Govt takes firm stand," says Environment Ministry after SC reprimands over illegal trees cutAfter the Supreme Court reprimanded the Delhi government for the illegal felling of 1,100 trees in South Delhi's Reserve Forest Area withou...
27 Jun, 2024, 07.01 AM IST
At least 3 trees felled every hour in Delhi in last 3 years: Government dataOfficials allowed agencies to cut or transplant 29,946 trees under section 9 of the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act (DPTA) and 47,474 trees...
06 Jun, 2022, 05.01 PM IST
CAG report raises questions on efficacy of tree programmeThe report noted that Delhi’s Tree Authority, responsible for preservation and census of trees, met just once from 2014-17, while it is sup...
26 Jun, 2018, 08.36 AM IST
Farmers can now grow and harvest trees in 128 taluks of KarnatakaA clarification to this effect from the state government has brought a big relief to farmers. They will only need transit passes if they wi...
09 Dec, 2016, 11.17 AM IST
- Reprieve for 18 Mankapur trees, 14 face axe
Hearing a PIL filed by city-based NGO Nature Conservation Association (NCA), the high court's division bench of Justices BR Gavai and CV Bh...
10 Apr, 2014, 04.16 AM IST
Trees felled with due permission: Delhi Metro tells NGTThe Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has refuted before the National Green Tribunal the allegation of "avoidable felling of 700 trees" for cons...
23 Oct, 2013, 07.26 PM IST
- Residents, green activists prevent illegal tree-felling
Despite promises made by district officials to form a tree authority to protect its remaining green cover, three trees were felled on Tuesd...
31 Oct, 2012, 04.19 AM IST
15 trees felled in Coimbatore without permissionThe Tamil Nadu Green Movement alleged that TNEB officials had helped the association in the felling by deactivating electricity lines which...
18 Aug, 2012, 07.08 AM IST
- Many trees felled without permission, connivance alleged
More than 15 full grown trees, standing inside the premises of market committee of Banur, have been axed without any permission from the fo...
21 Feb, 2012, 05.18 AM IST
- Madras HC disposes off PIL against felling of trees
The Madras High Court bench has disposed of a PIL against large scale felling of trees at the Saraswathi Narayanan College campus near here
16 Feb, 2012, 03.54 PM IST
- 50,000 trees axed in Delhi in eight years
Delhi govt gave permission to axe nearly 50,000 trees to execute infrastructural projects in the last eight years.
23 Nov, 2008, 03.38 PM IST
- Compensatory tree plantation in Harewali
Compensatory plantation of trees cut for the BRTS in Delhi will be carried out on 24.8 hectares of Gram Sabha land in village Harewali in N...
03 Nov, 2008, 06.13 AM IST
- Delhi to axe 1,523 trees to give way to traffic
Yet another lot of trees, 1,523 to be precise, are proposed to be axed as part of the Delhi Government's expansion plan for ensuring smooth...
07 Sep, 2008, 11.45 AM IST
- Mumbai has lost more than 25,000 trees
More than 25,000 trees uprooted to make way for developmental projects have not been replanted. This is because those who uproot the trees ...
18 May, 2008, 11.12 AM IST
- Permission given to Delhi Metro to fell 29,360 trees
The city government has so far given permission to the Delhi Metro to fell 29,360 trees for execution of its various projects in the capita...
02 Apr, 2008, 09.35 PM IST