Petition filed in HC against transplantation of 23 trees
The petitioners, Mahesh Deka and Jayanta Gogoi, said in the petition that the transplantation of the trees in the Ambari and Dighalipukhuri area requires monitoring by an appointed tree officer.
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Advocate general D Saikia submitted before the court of Chief Justice (Acting) Lanusungkum Jamir and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak that based on telephonic instructions from the executive engineer concerned, the 23 mature trees located in and around the Assam State Museum, opposite the Dighalipukhuri pond, would not be touched in view of the re-alignment design.
He also submitted that he would file an affidavit showing the status of the translocated trees along with photographs.
The court has listed the case for the next hearing on July 22.
The petitioner, Mahesh Deka, last year approached the court by filing a PIL alleging that the state govt decided to construct two arms of the GNB flyover, which is under construction, on the Taybullah Road and West Dighalipukhuri Road, which would require the felling of several centenarian trees.
In Oct-Nov last year, hundreds of people staged a series of protests against the govt's plan to fell the trees for the construction of the flyover.
Following the demonstrations, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that certain modifications to the design and length of the Ambari-Noonmati flyover were made to preserve the tree cover at Dighalipukhuri. He confirmed that the trees would neither be felled nor transplanted.
The GNB flyover connecting Ambari with Noonmati is being constructed at a cost of Rs 852 crore.
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