“Conservation of nature must be viewed as part of development and not as a factor stultifying development”, the Supreme Court said Thursday, setting up a seven-member expert committee to recommend policy guidelines for cutting of trees for developmental projects.
The committee will be headed by M K Ranjitsinh Jwala, wildlife expert and former Chairman of the Wildlife Trust of India.
The order came in a matter pertaining to felling of trees of ages upto 150 years for Road Over Bridges and road widening projects in West Bengal.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and also comprising A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramainan referred to a report submitted to it,
