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Delhi's tree cutting plan: Not just bad ecology, but bad math as well

For a ground coverage of only 21 per cent by buildings, over 83 per cent of the existing tree cover is going to be lost

Chetan Agarwal 

Recent plans to ‘redevelop’ government residential colonies in south Delhi have been in the news for the wrong reasons. The proposals involve cutting and removal of a majority of the standing trees -- several of which are fifty years old or more -- and have led to questions about how such ‘re-development’ plans are prepared and evaluated.

Delhi is one of the greenest capitals in the world, something that makes this city - situated in a semi-arid zone - more habitable. This greenery, however, is distributed unevenly. On the one hand, we have Lutyens Delhi, ...

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First Published: Fri, June 29 2018. 08:30 IST

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