NGT requests that Agra Div Comm give information on trees close Taj Mahal

New Delhi, May 22: The National Green Tribunal has guided the Divisional Commissioner of Agra to give data on the trees planted in the eco-touchy Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) close to the notable Taj Mahal.

A seat headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar requested that the officer give essential information inside three weeks to supporter M C Mehta, who has been selected as neighborhood chief to test the charged unlawful felling and offer of 4,000 trees in the zone.

The green board additionally coordinated Mehta to present the last give an account of the tree-felling episodes before July 10.

The NGT had before guided the Uttar Pradesh government to guarantee that no unapproved development exercises are allowed and no trees cut in the eco-touchy zone close to the Taj Mahal.

It had requested that the state government direct physical division of the woods territory and the green belt inside 500 meters of the Taj Tapezium Zone.

The green board had likewise coordinated that the division action might be executed within the sight of delegate from Forest Survey of India and National Environmental Engineering Research Institute.

The tribunal had before coordinated an investigation into the charged unlawful felling and offer of 4,000 trees in the wake of observing a media report and issued notice to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and Uttar Pradesh government.

The green body had taken cognisance of the case all alone in the wake of experiencing a media report.

As per the report, a previous Agra Divisional Forest Officer had purportedly cut 8,000 trees in Babarpur and around 4,000 trees in 500-meter-span of the Taj Mahal, which is an eco-delicate zone.