DU Forum on a mission to save trees

  • 29/07/2008

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

Parul Sharma NEW DELHI: The Delhi University community comprising teachers, students and karamcharis has launched a campaign under the aegis of Environment Justice Forum to save the trees in front of the office of Vice-Chancellor Deepak Pental on the campus. The Forum claims that these trees, some of them over 150 years old, were being "recklessly and indiscriminately cut' as practice matches for rugby for the Commonwealth Games in 2010 would be held there. "We are informed that the rugby event in the Games will be held on the campus and the University has selected its 100-year-old cricket ground for holding this event and its practice session. We are told that more than Rs.250 crore has been given to the University for it,' said a statement signed by the Forum. memebers