Trees
The Bambolim-Dona Paula road four-laning project is not 50% ready which started on December 31 last year, and now has reached the halfway mark of the targeted completion date of 210 days. M P Velayudan, PWD executive engineer being incharge of the project alleged, work is progressing at a fast pace and that PWD is [...] Continue Reading »
Over the past seven years streets and flyovers silently invaded into the city’s green cover, intensifying the prickly heat. Since 2007, around 8,500 trees were brought down across the city for various construction and infrastructure projects, including widening of roads. Environmentalists alleged that the extensive tree-felling over the years contributed to the rise in average [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai- Juhu residents allege that the airport authorities are cutting lot of trees without taking approval from the respected authorities. However the authorities denied the allegations saying that they have cut only the unwanted bushes and shrubs. According to them, they have cleaned the bushes so that the slum dwellers do not indulge themselves in [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Koramangala say that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) manipulated tenders to favour contractors and floated tenders to move trees after they were already moved. Between May 26 and 27, the BDA cut over 34 trees along Sarjapur Road for the signal-free corridor extending from Sirsi Circle to Agara Junction and passing through Koramangala, [...] Continue Reading »
SPR&RG Constructions Pvt Ltd, a fast growing real estate player in the city of Chennai is planning to construct a new project called Osian Chlorophyll, located at Porur, Chennai. The firm is engaged in acquisition and development of residential and commercial real estate apart from executing infrastructure projects. The project is being developed on greenery [...] Continue Reading »
Parts in South Delhi especially Masjid Moth area has been treeless from past few days. Even the officials of the agencies and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s horticulture department are puzzled over the same as they don’t know who is behind the scene. The officials allege that no other agencies had been granted permission to [...] Continue Reading »
Trees in Gurgaon are vanishing even after Haryana Urban Development Authority’s (Huda) claims of saving the green cover in the city. Amidst this, there is other problem of broken guards around the trees. The residents’ welfare association (RWA) in the area has requested for the guards around the trees but all in vain. Huda Administrator [...] Continue Reading »
