In a bizarre press release, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has agreed that it will be cutting 14,031 trees in Sarojini Nagar.
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The following news story is courtesy Bureau Report – Zeenews.com DU fraternity against plans to cut 1000 trees in campus New Delhi, May 06: Enraged at Delhi University’s reported plans to fell 1,000 old trees to make way for a rugby field for the 2010 commonwealth games, the student and […]
Following is a News story from the online edition of The Hindu The Capital’s greens are in the red as never before BINDU SHAJAN PERAPPADAN NEW DELHI: Cutting down healthy and unmarked trees, damaging others by exposing their roots or attacking their barks and not managing to re-locate large trees, Delhi’s […]
Even before the mindless marking of trees in the (Delhi) University campus was reported, repeated efforts by the TreesForDelhi action group had ensured that all affected trees should be marked with different colours and that the colour code should be as follows: For trees that will be cut For trees that will be transplanted […]
This is what Sahara Samay has to say regarding the cutting and unscientific marking of trees in the (Delhi) University campus. New Delhi, April 26: About 1,000 trees in the Delhi University’s North Campus have been marked for felling. The trees will be cut in order to expand the university’s sports […]
Tree on death bed. One of the trees in the (Delhi) University campus was so brutally marked that it has failed to bear leaves or flowers this season, even when the fall season has long been over. It may never do. It has now become a passive ecosystem provider just like the tree mentioned in the previous post. Even though […]
This is in reply to two ‘sports’ related individuals around the Sports Complex who had spotted us taking photographs around the Woodlands in front of the Sports Complex (for our dissertation and not what they had in mind). They told us that most of the trees around the Sports Complex, that have been marked are […]
A day after Hindustan Times broke the story of trees being cut and unscientifically marked in the (Delhi) University Campus – people (in and around the University) seemed well informed! Even as the semester exams are on in the School (of Environmental Studies), the students took out time to sign […]
The Students of the School of Environmental Studies (Delhi University) will be submitting a letter to the Vice-Chancellor; requesting him to show sensitivity towards the trees in the campus, some of which are decades old. We, the students fully understand that development is not only important but is also the need of […]
The Hindustan Times, a leading National daily has thought it appropriate to put the ‘labelling of trees and loss to Delhi Greens’ story on its cover page. Previously on DelhiGreens: How would you like your name carved on your body? Trees being numbered to facilitate their cutting This is what HT has to […]
Courtesy: Hindustantimes.com epaper
The TreesForDelhi Meeting (Check out the invitation) at the India International Center (IIC)’s Conference Room No. 1 presided by Mr. Ravi Agarwal (ToxicsLink), Mr. Mahesh Rangarajan (Ecological Historian and Political Commentator) and Mr. Prabhakar (Zakir Hussain College – Kalpavriksh) saw relatively thin audience. The conference echoed the need to preserve […]
