Over 1,000 trees have been removed to make way for the various Central Vista redevelopment projects so far, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, even while maintaining that “no tree” had been “felled/cut”.
In response to Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas’ question whether several hundred trees were uprooted for the Central Vista project, H&UA Minister of State Kaushal Kishore said in written reply: “No tree has been felled/cut in various projects under the Central Vista development/redevelopment master plan. Till date, 1,051 trees have been transplanted at other locations.”
So far, construction of the new Parliament building, redevelopment of Rajpath, construction of three buildings of the Common Central Secretariat and the Vice-President’s Enclave are underway, with the new Executive Enclave, which includes the Prime Minister’s Office, in the final stage of the bidding process.
