New Delhi, The Supreme Courtroom on Thursday requested the DDA concerning the measures undertaken to revive the Delhi Ridge space, the place a number of hundred timber have been allegedly felled illegally, and sought the extent of plantation completed by the authorities.
Observing it could introduce a monitoring system to make sure planted timber have been surviving, a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra puzzled if any unbiased mechanism was in place to establish the variety of timber planted.
Saying it could go mandatory instructions on October 8, the highest court docket requested the DDA counsel and the petitioner to tell it concerning the standing of timber felled, consequential actions and the monitoring mechanism.
The ridge is an extension of Aravalli Hill vary in Delhi and is a rocky, hilly and forested space.
It has been divided into 4 zones south, south-central, central and north for administrative causes. These 4 zones make up a complete space of round 7,784 hectares.
The bench was coping with a plea searching for motion in opposition to erring officers for the alleged unlawful tree felling within the space.
“What are you doing to revive the ridge?” requested the bench, including, “We wish to know what number of timber have been lower and what’s being completed to revive the eidge and perform afforestation.”
Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, showing for the petitioner, who has alleged contempt on a part of the officers, mentioned in accordance with a report of the Forest Survey of India , a complete of 1,670 timber have been lower.
The DDA, nonetheless, earlier mentioned the numbers stood at 642 timber.
The highest court docket had issued a contempt discover to the DDA vice-chairman for felling of timber for development of an method street.
In the course of the listening to on Thursday, the bench requested, “What number of timber have been planted as on date?”
Sankaranarayanan mentioned the FSI must give some particulars about what number of timber have been planted and their standing.
He referred to a Might 16 order handed by the apex court docket directing the FSI at Dehradun to depute its crew and discover out the attainable variety of timber felled and assess the environmental injury.
The highest court docket had mentioned that retired IFS officer Ishwar Singh, central empowered committee member Sunil Limaye and ecological gardener Pradip Kishen could be related to the work assigned to the FSI.
In the course of the listening to on Thursday, the bench noticed that 3,340 timber ought to be planted on the ridge together with 100 instances the variety of each tree lower.
“We’ll introduce a monitoring mechanism to make sure that the timber are surviving. Simply give us some concept as to what sort of monitoring mechanism be ensured,” the bench mentioned.
“Inform us what sort of enforcement mechanism we will put in place to obviate this sooner or later,” it mentioned whereas posting the listening to on November 8.
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