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RWAs up in arms over felling of trees

Staff Reporter

Green belt faces axe in the name of road widening

NEW DELHI: Residents welfare associations of over a dozen group housing societies at Kaushambi in neighbouring Ghaziabad have strongly objected to the felling of hundreds of trees in the name of widening of road from Anand Vihar to Dabur crossing in Kaushambi.

In a memorandum sent to the State Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, and the State Environment Minister, Rampyare Singh, the residents have accused the Ghaziabad Development Authority of not taking a pragmatic decision while deciding to go ahead with the Rs.5-crore project of converting the 2-km-long stretch from four to eight lanes.

Stating that effective regulation of movement of three-wheelers and buses on the stretch on the inter-State border by the police and civic administration officials would help in ensuring smooth movement of vehicles, the Residents' Welfare Association of All Five Housing Societies has alleged that the GDA had not properly conducted the survey for the project and was trying to unnecessary fell over 800 full-grown trees along the road in the area.

"This green belt is very crucial for providing clean a environment to thousands of residents living in various group housing societies at Kaushambi. It is the only dense green cover in the area and felling of trees would lead to more pollution in the area. The GDA plan to construct two service lanes on this green belt is not only illegal but also highly illogical," said the Association spokesperson, Mohan Singh.

Warning that residents would hold demonstrations and even move court to save the green belt, Mr. Singh said as per the Government guidelines, a residential area should have at least 10 per cent of green cover.

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