Nearly 43% of the trees planted are for the central government $The Center informed Lok Sabha on Thursday that the Rs 20,000-crore Central Vista redevelopment project has been gutted.
The government said that a total of 3,609 trees were planted for the project, of which 1,545 trees did not survive after planting.
Providing details in a written response to a question asked by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mohua Moitra, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tukhan Sahoo said prosthetic transplantation was also being implemented along with organ transplant efforts.
“As many as 24,450 trees have been planted in NTPC ECO Park in Badarpur and 1,730 trees in Jitorni in compensatory plantations,” said Sahu.
The center added that $Rs 5.29 lakh crore has been spent on these activities during the last three financial years.
Among the project sites, the largest number of tree planting operations took place at Joint Central Secretariat Buildings Nos. 1, 2 and 3 – later renamed as Kartavia Bhawans – where 1,734 trees were transplanted. This was followed by the planting of 458 trees at CCS 6 and 7 sites, 402 at the New Parliament House site and 390 in the Vice Presidential area.
NTPC ECO Park in Badarpur received the highest number of trees planted, while other sites like Ghata Masjid and Krishna Menon Marg received 342 trees transported from the Executive Area, also known as Seva Tirth, which houses the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Central Vista redevelopment project, now in its final phase, had previously faced delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic and legal challenges over environmental and land use permits.
In December 2020, the Supreme Court had ordered the Center to stop construction activities and tree transportation in the Central Vista area after observing that work had begun despite pending legal challenges related to environmental clearance. The project was later approved by the Supreme Court in January 2021.
