Corporations need permission for pruning

NEW DELHI: The municipal corporations can no longer carry out pruning in the city without permission from the forest department. The department has also put a condition: only those trees will be considered for pruning that have the mandatory 6ft x 6ft space, or as much deemed necessary, left around them.

In a meeting, chaired by the conservator of forests, with horticulture officials from civic agencies, four committees were set up to formulate guidelines on de-tiling, tree census, pruning and survival of new plantations. The committees have been given time till after Diwali to submit their proposals.

"It recently came to our notice that the civic agencies were carrying out pruning without permission from the forest department. There was some misconception that if light pruning was to be carried out, the forest department did not have to be consulted. That is not the case. The horticulture departments have assured us they will stop pruning altogether. They will apply to us only for trees where pruning is necessary, and we will carry out inspection before allowing it," said A K Shukla, conservator of forests, Delhi.

With these rules, the department hopes to tackle both illegal pruning and cementing around trees, which are against the urban development ministry guidelines. Sources said despite several reminders to the corporations for carrying out de-tiling around trees, no action had been taken, and in fact, no care was being taken to ensure that cementing was not done around trees under new projects. "The horticulture departments said they have been writing to their engineering wing responsible for this work. We have asked them to submit proof that such letters have in fact been written, and if we are satisfied that they did not respond, we will have a meeting with the engineering department and UD ministry," said an official.

The issue of a citywide tree census was also discussed. Shukla said after the success of the tree census at Sarvodaya Enclave, plans were afoot for a similar exercise across the city with the help of RWAs. "The committee concerned will chalk out an action plan. We need the census to get a realistic idea of the city's greens, their numbers, etc," said a source.

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