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Forest dept probe says no evidence of illegal felling of trees, CM orders CID to investigate

July 08, 2025 11:11 am

A report prepared by the forest department following the probe further adds that the uprooted trees, along with fallen dead wood, were swept nearly 27 km downstream by the gushing waters before eventually accumulating at the Pandoh Dam on River Beas in Mandi.

Delhi govt tightens SOP for felling trees: Court panel’s nod mandatory to cut down 50 or more

May 23, 2025 11:15 am

Marking a break from the earlier SOP which had given tree officers full authority to allow felling, the revised rules have shifted the final decision-making to the Central Empowered Committee for larger projects.

HC bars Haryana govt from felling century-old trees to set up police station, police line

August 01, 2024 9:40 am

The bench said people have suffered enough environmental degradation, and won’t be a part of any further deterioration

Citizens’ protests forces Madhya Pradesh govt on backfoot, Bhopal ‘re-densification’ project scrapped

June 18, 2024 7:41 am

The project aimed to clear the city's Shivaji Nagar of existing constructions; critics feared this would have led to 27,000 trees being cut down

Mumbai lost over 21,000 trees in 6 years to make way for Metro, road projects

March 26, 2024 10:09 pm

The BMC data also shows that although it transplanted 21,916 trees during the six-year period — between 2018 and 2023 — their survival rate was low. Data on survival of transplanted trees was available only for 9 out of the total 24 wards.

Protest against move to cut over 300 ‘heritage’ trees

March 26, 2023 1:41 am

Cutting of trees in Delhi halted till next hearing, says HC

May 19, 2022 6:03 pm

The court said that there was “no other way” to mitigate the environmental degradation, while ordering the interim stay.

Karnataka axed 40,231 trees for infra projects in 2020-21, Bengal none: Bhupender Yadav

March 23, 2022 7:40 am

Yadav told the Lok Sabha that 3,097,721 trees were cut across the country for carrying out public infrastructure projects and 36,487,665 seedlings were planted for compensatory afforestation at a cumulative cost Rs 358.57 crore.

Tree felling for bullet train and metro projects to worsen Mumbai floods, say activists

September 16, 2021 2:03 pm

According to the proposal, a total of 152 trees will be impacted for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.

Citizen activists ask Bengaluru civic body to reconsider decision of cutting trees at Koramangala

September 03, 2021 8:26 am

In 2018, the BBMP Forest Department had stated that the project will affect 60 trees, of which 39 will be cleared through transplantation.