Deconcretisation should be complete within a week: NGT tells authorities
29 Aug 2014 4:15 AM IST
Observing that trees are the lungs a city, the National Green Tribunal has directed authorities to complete deconcretisation work in four Delhi colonies within a week.
A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar appointed Sharan Thakur, an advocate, as local commissioner in the matter and directed him to inspect the colonies — R K Puram, Safdarjung Development Area (SDA), Ashok Vihar and Hauz Khas — on day to-day basis from 3 September.
‘Fact of the matter remains that trees need to be protected as they are vital part of our environment and ecology. Trees of a city particularly like Delhi, where emission is so high and violate all the parameters, are the lungs of the city. Need of the hour and statutory obligations of all the concerned authorities are to preserve and protect them,’ the bench said. ‘All the authorities concerned in relation to the four colonies of Delhi which were subject matter of the pilot project before the tribunal, are directed to complete the remaining work of deconcretisation within one week from today...,’ it said.
The tribunal said that all the authorities including the SHOs of the police stations concerned shall assist and provide due protection and assistance to local commissioner for the work of deconcretisation so that the trees do not die and get proper air and water. It also set up five different committees constituting of officials from different agencies including DDA, PWD and Central Public Works Department to carry out deconcretisation.
A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar appointed Sharan Thakur, an advocate, as local commissioner in the matter and directed him to inspect the colonies — R K Puram, Safdarjung Development Area (SDA), Ashok Vihar and Hauz Khas — on day to-day basis from 3 September.
‘Fact of the matter remains that trees need to be protected as they are vital part of our environment and ecology. Trees of a city particularly like Delhi, where emission is so high and violate all the parameters, are the lungs of the city. Need of the hour and statutory obligations of all the concerned authorities are to preserve and protect them,’ the bench said. ‘All the authorities concerned in relation to the four colonies of Delhi which were subject matter of the pilot project before the tribunal, are directed to complete the remaining work of deconcretisation within one week from today...,’ it said.
The tribunal said that all the authorities including the SHOs of the police stations concerned shall assist and provide due protection and assistance to local commissioner for the work of deconcretisation so that the trees do not die and get proper air and water. It also set up five different committees constituting of officials from different agencies including DDA, PWD and Central Public Works Department to carry out deconcretisation.
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