Rail Vikas Nigam Cannot Uproot Any Tree In Maidan For Victoria Metro Station: Calcutta Court
NDTV
The petitioner had moved the high court claiming that a number of trees in the area were being uprooted for construction of the station thus affecting the city's ecology.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday observed that the Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) cannot uproot any tree in the Maidan area of the city as of now for the construction of the Victoria Metro station for the Joka-Esplanade line.
The court said there is nothing to indicate that the project has been stopped or stalled by an earlier order of a vacation bench and as such RVNL need not have any apprehension in this regard.
A division bench presided by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam observed that RVNL as of now cannot uproot any tree in the Maidan area, nor carry out transplantation of trees as permission from appropriate authorities are yet to be obtained.
