The permission has been issued by the Dy Conservator of Forest (North) under Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994.
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More than 3,000 trees will be transplanted or felled for the Delhi
Metro's Phase 4 line from Janakpuri West to RK Ashram, which will cover a
distance of 29.26 km and have 22 stations.
The Forest Department has granted permission to the Delhi Metro Rail
Corporation (DMRC) to fell or transplant 2,940 trees in the North Forest
Division, and 450 trees in the South Forest Division.
The permission has been issued by the Deputy Conservator of Forest (North)
under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994.
The trees will give way for the metro line between Janakpuri West and Mukarba
Chowk, and Mukarba Chowk to Derawal Nagar.
As per the Forest Department order, the trees will be transplanted to a park
at Haiderpur and to the portion near the Outer Ring Road.
The Deputy Conservator of Forest (South) has also granted permission for the
removal of 450 trees for the Khanpur to Sangam Vihar section of the proposed
23.6-km long metro line between Aerocity and Tughlakabad.
However, 30,000 saplings will also be planted as compensatory plantation on
the Yamuna floodplains.
A total 20,000 saplings will be planted between the ITO bridge and NH-24, and
another 10,000 saplings between Geeta Colony Bridge and Shantivan Drain.
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