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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

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Delhi Trees Cutting  |  Environmental Clearance

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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