Over 2,300 trees to be transplanted, felled for Delhi Metro Phase 4
A total of 1,616 trees will be transplanted and 773 felled for the construction of a few key corridors under the Delhi Metro’s Phase 4 project.
The city government has set aside an area of 3.32 hectares for the construction of Neb Sarai metro station-Saket Block corridor.
There are 774 trees at the site, of which 184 will be felled and 590 transplanted at government schools in Chhatarpur, R K Puram, Jonapur and Mandi village.
An area of 7.86 hectares has been exempted for the construction of the Sangam Vihar-Sarita Vihar Depot stretch of the Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridor. Of the 668 trees at the site, 407 will be transplanted and 261 felled.
