Development Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan on Wednesday informed the State Assembly that the Delhi Government has paid Rs. 50 crore to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for installation of streetlights in 769 unauthorised colonies across the city. Mr. Chauhan said the estimates for installation of streetlights worth Rs. 44.57 crore have also been prepared and expressed hope that these lights would be installed soon. Responding to a question by Badarpur MLA Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, who wanted to know why not a single streetlight has so far been installed in the unauthorised colonies, Mr. Chauhan said as the layout plans for these colonies were received by January 31, 2008, and therefore the scrutiny and sanction of the money to the MCD had only been completed in early March. But now, he said, this work would be expedited along with other developmental activities in all the 1,409 unauthorised colonies. In the Badarpur segment itself, he said, streetlights would be installed in as many as 74 unauthorised colonies. During the Question Hour, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit while responding to a question by Puran Chand Yogi of the BJP stated that while incidents of vandalism in the Ridge had come to light in Vasant Kunj and Naraina, action has been taken against several people in the past for cutting trees in the Delhi Ridge. In 2006-07, she said, the Forest Department had booked 95 casesand imposed fines worth more than Rs. 1.50 lakh. And in 2007-08 (till February), 99 cases had been booked, 17 compounded, 82 heard and fines worth Rs. 3.72 lakh had been imposed. The Chief Minister also informed that the Delhi Metro has so far been allowed to cut over 29,360 trees and has applied for 7,508 more. But through compensatory reforestation, the green cover is being restored. Health and Social Welfare Minister Yoganand Shastri while responding to a question by Moti Lal Sodhi of the BJP announced that the Delhi Government has decided to do away with the provision of having an SDM's certificate for obtaining the Rs. 20,000 grant given by the Government for the marriage of the daughters of poor widows. He said while the Social Welfare Department strives to deliver the money before or on the day of marriage, delays in disbursal take place when all the documents are not submitted. But now, he said, the certification of the legislators would be made acceptable for the purpose.