Tagged “compensatory-afforestation”

Nitin Saxena v. NHAI (2026): NGT permits felling of 7,871 trees for a Bhopal bypass on strict afforestation conditions

The National Green Tribunal disposed of a challenge to the Asharam Tiraha–Ratnagiri Tiraha (Ayodhya Bypass) six-laning in Bhopal, permitting felling of 7,871 trees — reduced from 9,888 after design changes — subject to compensatory afforestation at 10:1, native-species-only planting, 15-year monitoring by a technical committee, and air-quality monitoring. The order is a textbook application of the development-versus-environment balance.