(a) whether the Government are aware that thousands of seasoned trees off Delhi-Sonepet Highway are going to be sold off by the Haryana Government; and
(b) if so, the preventive steps the Union Government propose to take in this regard?
(a) whether the Government are aware that thousands of seasoned trees off Delhi-Sonepet Highway are going to be sold off by the Haryana Government; and
(b) if so, the preventive steps the Union Government propose to take in this regard?
MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (SHRI T.R. BAALU)
(a) & (b) The Haryana Forest Department has intimated that the trees on the Delhi- Sonepet Highway have been felled in the six-laning work of National Highway no.1 by the National Highway Authority of India with necessary approval. The National Highway Authority of India has deposited necessary funds with the Government of Haryana for carrying out compensatory afforestation.