The NGT orally directed the ITPO that construction will not go ahead till afforestation is carried out in lieu of the trees that will be felled in the area. The NGT orally directed the ITPO that construction will not go ahead till afforestation is carried out in lieu of the trees that will be felled in the area. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Friday issued notices to the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), the Delhi government, the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee on a project to redevelop Pragati Maidan. The NGT orally directed the ITPO that construction will not go ahead till afforestation is carried out in lieu of the trees that will be felled in the area. The Ministry also told ITPO to redevelop Pragati Maidan as per the local building bylaws and barricade the construction site before work begins.

Source: Indian Express August 11, 2017 22:53 UTC