The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday, while disposing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), directed the Haryana government to explore all possible alternatives to save over 1,100 trees scheduled to be cut for road widening of Morni-Panchkula link road.
In his PIL, advocate HC Arora said that the Haryana government was planning on cutting down 1,137 trees for the purpose of widening the link road. Out of the total, 175 are pine trees while the rest are Khair trees.
The petitioner has alleged that he had submitted a representation dated January 6, 2022, to the chief secretary of the Haryana government, requesting that all steps and alternatives be considered for saving as many trees as possible.
