Removal of trees to be seen in wider environmental context

The issue at hand is that trees have been planted on land earmarked for the Crown, including the Crown Right of Way

The removal of trees needs to be seen in the wider environmental context of Auroville and the region, sources in Auroville said.

While the issue at hand is that trees have been planted on land earmarked for the Crown including the Crown Right of Way (RoW), a break-up of data shows that the total Crown RoW area is only 0.36% of the total master plan land area with a Crown RoW width of 16.7 m, they said.

The Crown is defined in the Auroville Master Plan as a key special use zone, “which traverses all the four zones in a concentric fashion with a width of 75 m, consisting of a circular road with buildings facing it. This Crown area will provide most of the service facilities required to support the activities in the four zones mentioned above”.