New Delhi, Expressing anguish over the continued cover-up by the authorities over LG V K Saxena's role in tree sensation in the hills area, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to inform you if the tree felling order was approved. based on LG's oral...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi Police not to harass a city resident who has filed a contempt petition against the DDA over "illegal" felling of trees in the Ridge Forest.A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjwal Bhuyan issued notice on the petition filed by the...
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday took note of harassment allegations made by a city resident who has filed a contempt petition against the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) over "illegal" felling of trees in the Ridge Forest. And sought an answer from him. Delhi Police on this issue.A...
New Delhi: The Delhi government's fact-finding committee on Tuesday visited Satbari in the Southern Ridge area, where 1,100 trees were reportedly cut without proper permission.Urban Development Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj claimed that "stumps and trunks of felled trees are being moved to cover...
New Delhi: Delhi Cabinet Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Monday said the state government's fact-finding committee will on Tuesday visit the Ridge area where 1,100 trees were reportedly cut.AAP leaders have alleged that on the verbal instructions of the Lieutenant Governor, the Delhi Development...
New Delhi: The ruling AAP on Saturday challenged the BJP to produce documents to prove that trees were cut in the Ridge area after the approval of the Delhi Chief Minister.AAP's chief spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said that BJP has got an opportunity to do politics in this matter and from...
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday alleged that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal himself approved felling of trees in the Ridge area even as the AAP responded, saying the saffron party's claim on the issue was misleading.During a press conference, BJP Delhi unit chief Virendra Sachdeva presented...
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday questioned the BJP's silence on "illegal" felling of trees in the Ridge area and said the party's stand on Delhi's pollution is just "politics".Addressing a press conference, senior AAP leader Jasmine Shah said that ever since the matter came to...
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said it will carry out a "physical examination" of Central Ridge and Southern Ridge to assess the extent of afforestation and tree felling in the area.Justice Jasmeet Singh, while addressing a plea relating to the welfare of trees in the national capital...
New Delhi, in an act of defiance, the principal secretary of the Department of Environment and Forests questioned the formation of a probe committee of Delhi government ministers into felling of trees in the Ridge area, alleging that it violated rules and could lead to contempt from the Supreme...
New Delhi: A three-member fact-finding committee of Delhi ministers has issued a notice to senior officials of the DDA, Forest Department and Delhi Police over the felling of 1,100 trees in the Ridge area allegedly without permission.The committee comprising ministers Atishi, Saurabh Bhardwaj...
New Delhi: Delhi Environment and Forest Minister Gopal Rai on Saturday said the government has formed a three-minister inquiry committee into the felling of 1,100 trees in the Ridge area allegedly without permission.The decision was taken at a meeting of ministers held at the Secretariat in...
New Delhi [India], After the Supreme Court reprimanded the Delhi government for illegally felling 1,100 trees in South Delhi reserve forest area without permission, the Delhi government has taken a firm stand on the matter.In response to the illegal felling of 1,100 trees in the South Delhi...
New Delhi [India], Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has directed officials to submit a detailed status report by 11 am tomorrow regarding 'illegal' felling of 1,100 trees in the protected ridge area in the national capital, officials said.Environment Minister's office said, "On the trees...
New Delhi [India], The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Delhi government for allowing the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to illegally fell trees in the city's Ridge area and questioned why its Forest Department did not take any action despite being "fully aware of the serious...
New Delhi, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai directed forest department officials to submit a status report on action taken in connection with felling of 1,100 trees without permission, allegedly by the DDA, in the Ridge area of south Delhi, officials said on Wednesday.Rai held a meeting...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized the Delhi Development Authority for not providing information on Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's visit to the Ridge area where 1,100 trees were felled and said it was protecting superiors and blaming officials. subordinates.A vacation bench...
New Delhi [India], The Supreme Court on Monday observed that brazen acts of tree felling in the national capital cannot be lightly ignored and asked the vice-chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to ask whether illegal felling of trees in The Ridge Forest was carried out as per the...
Shimla: The International Shimla Summer Festival will be held on the ridge of Queen of Hills Shimla from June 15 to 18, officials said on Thursday.Shimla Deputy Commissioner Anupam Kashyap held a meeting with officials regarding the festival.Kashyap, who is also the chairman of the festival...
Justice Abhay S. A bench headed by Oka observed that the DDA vice-chairman misled the ex-officio chairperson, the Lieutenant Governor, by sending a proposal to set up a committee of experts to reduce felling of trees.Emphasizing that for every one tree cut, the DDA will have to plant 100 new...