The Forest Department has granted permission to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to fell or transplant 2,940 trees in the North Forest Division, and 450 trees in the South Forest Division, for Phase 4 of the Delhi Metro.
Of the 2,940 trees in the North division, 1,963 are to be transplanted, and 977 trees will be felled. The trees are to give way for a Metro line between Janakpuri West and Mukarba Chowk, and Mukarba Chowk to Derawal Nagar. These sections will be part of the DMRC’s Phase 4 line from Janakpuri West to R K Ashram, which will cover 29.26 km and have 22 stations.
The trees will be transplanted to a park at Haiderpur and to the portion near the Outer Ring Road. Compensatory plantation of 30,000 saplings, will be done on the Yamuna floodplains —
