Builders trample on tree-felling norm

  • 02/08/2008

  • Indian Express (Mumbai)

Pune, August 1 Rs 3.19 crore deposit money collected for tree-felling lying unclaimed with PMC While on the one hand, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is setting up bio-diversity parks and joint forest management programmes, on the other, it seems to be surprisingly slack when it comes to persuading people to plant three trees against every tree felled as required under the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Preservation of Trees Act of 1975. This is evident by the deposit amount of Rs 3.19 crore