TREE TRANSPLANTATION Subject: Environment Context: The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) wants to transplant over 1,800 trees which are inside what used to be the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) complex, as part of the Central Vista redevelopment project. Concept: A tree cannot be transplanted by simply uprooting it and […]

Subject: Environment Context: 3800 trees transplanted to make way for Dwarka expressway. Concept: Agencies concerned will have to transplant 80 per cent of the trees affected by their projects to a new location. More importantly, 10 saplings will be planted in addition to the whole tree being dug up with the root intact and scientifically […]