{"id":53215,"date":"2018-06-25T15:13:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T09:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53215"},"modified":"2018-06-25T15:13:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T09:43:59","slug":"hc-asks-can-delhi-afford-felling-of-thousands-of-trees-for-housing-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-asks-can-delhi-afford-felling-of-thousands-of-trees-for-housing-complex","title":{"rendered":"HC asks Can Delhi afford felling of thousands of trees for housing complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>New Delhi:<\/b>\u00a0The Delhi High Court asked today How can the national capital afford the felling of over 16,500 trees for a housing project.<\/p>\n<p>Taking note of the views expressed by the court which appeared inclined to order an interim stay of the tree chopping process, the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), tasked with redeveloping half a dozen south Delhi colonies, agreed not to cut any tree till July 4.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4363 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wakeuppost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/78196-cksmctmiys-1515053438-1-300x158.jpg?resize=300%2C158&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" \/>The NBCC made the statement after a vacation bench of Justices Vinod Goel and Rekha Palli asked,&#8221;Can Delhi today afford cutting down of so many trees for a housing complex? 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