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The Supreme Court on Monday sought a “candid” statement from the deputy chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on whether trees in the Ridge area were felled without orders or the permission of the lieutenant governor. After hearing the case, a vacation bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujal Bhuyan said he is proposing a detailed inquiry into the DDA’s actions, which led to the destruction of many valuable trees and damage to the environment.As of now, the next hearing in this case will be held on June 26.
“Chopping trees in the capital is quite shocking”
The Supreme Court said that it is quite shocking that trees are cut down in the capital, knowing that this cannot be done without the permission of the Supreme Court. During it, the Supreme Court commented that the shamelessness of cutting down trees in the national capital cannot be taken lightly. And if the authorities do not fulfill their statutory and constitutional duties to protect the environment, the court must send a clear message to all the authorities that the environment cannot be harmed in this way.
Notice has been issued to DDA officials
During this, the Supreme Court said that we direct the Deputy Chairman of the DDA to tell the court whether there is any official record about what happened during the site inspection of the Lieutenant Governor on February 3. We need a clear statement of facts from the Vice President, because if What is stated in the email is correct, so felling of trees was done on the order of LG.We hope DDA will be clear on this aspect.
Guidelines are given for a large scale tree planting campaign
The Supreme Court said it proposes to issue directions for a massive plantation drive in the entire National Capital Territory of Delhi and asked the DDA and Attorney General R Venkataramani to assist in the matter. The Supreme Court had earlier issued a criminal contempt notice against DDA vice-chairman Subhashish Panda for allowing large-scale felling of trees in the Sutberi area of ​​the southern range to build the road from Chhattarpur to South Asian University.
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