1,091 trees to be cut for SPA’s new campus at Vasant Kunj

Monday, 4 October 2021Newsdesk

A Supreme Court committee has recommended the felling of 1,091 trees for a proposed campus of School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) at the ‘extended ridge area’ in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj.

New Delhi, 04 October 2021

“It is recommended that this Hon’ble Court may consider granting permission for diversion of 80,937 sqm (8 ha) deemed forest land on Morphological Ridge…” read a report of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC). Morphological Ridge bears ecological resemblance to the notified Delhi Ridge spread over 7,777 hectares and has been granted protection from projects for non-forestry purposes. As per news report of The Indian Express, the site area has a total of 2,495 trees, mostly kikar, of which 1,404 will be preserved. The eight hectares of land, allotted by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in 1983, has been in SPA’s possession since 1987.

Source - indianexpress.com