AIIMS Delhi redevelopment project requires 2,143 trees to be chopped off

As many as 2,143 trees will be chopped off for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) redevelopment project to turn AIIMS into a world-class institution.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi is being revamped to convert it into a world-class medical institute. For the AIIMS Delhi redevelopment project, around 2,143 trees will be chopped off, of these, 1,512 will be transplanted, while 631 are set to be felled. 

“A total of 2,143 trees will be impacted for the project, of which 1,512, which are indigenous species will be transplanted while 631, which are exotic species, have been permitted to be felled. The file was sent for seeking approval from the minister, which is yet to come,” said a senior official, who didn’t wish to be named, as reported by Indian Express.

The trees which will be transplanted for the project will be shifted in an area spread across 6 hectares in northwest Delhi‘s Sultanpur Dabas village, said, officials. The compensatory plantation for the project, however, will be carried out by the forest department at a reserve forest land in south Delhi’s Aya Nagar. “We plan to plant 21,430 saplings for compensatory plantation for the project in an area of around 26 

hectares in aya Nagar,” the official said.

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The permission for cutting these trees has been granted by the Delhiforest department, confirmed the officials. According to Delhi government officials, the approval for tree felling and transplantation has been given by the department while the final nod by Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai is awaited. 

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