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The Delhi High Court has directed two police officials to plant 100 fruit-bearing trees following their altercation with a lawyer over protecting trees during civil work carried out by a government agency.Justice Najmi Waziri presided over a ...

He'd converted a public rest stop at East Coast Park into his makeshift home, and continued "living" there despite being caught by authorities several times within a span of months. The 46-year-old man had taken up space in the entire pavilion with his "furniture", such as a table and chairs, an inflatable mattress as well as other personal belongings, Shin...

   by kaushik bhattacharyadespite strict rules by the maharashtra government to curb tree-felling, the cases of illegal chopping of trees in city are increasing day by day. even the government authorities are adopting various ways to tweak

Observing that it would be “creeping legalised genocide of trees”, the Delhi High Court recently stayed a clause which permits regular pruning of tree branches of girth size upto 15.7cms without...

The clause permits pruning of tree branches of girth sizes up to 15.7 cm without reference to the tree officer.

BMC is in the process of changing design at two locations, says will compensate for the third by planting trees in vicinity

In a complaint to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, Ajay Maken had alleged that the construction of the ‘new CM House’ had ‘cost the exchequer around Rs. 171 crores’.

Govt says blistering & unprecedented day temperatures, low moisture and humidity sparked forest fires in Goa’s wild

The state forest department's report suggests that a conducive environment and extreme weather conditions — deficient rainfall in the preceding season, unusually high temperatures, low moisture and humidity — led to the fires.

Precautions are meant to be taken during road concretisation as digging might weaken roots of trees