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Lt. Governor VK Saxena
Delhi L-G V K Saxena told the Supreme Court helium came to cognize of the felling of trees, for widening the attack roadworthy to the under-construction Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences (CAPFIMS) successful the Ridge area, connected April 12.
Hearing a contempt plea against the past Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Vice-Chairman Subhashish Panda, a three-judge seat presided by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud had connected October 24 asked the L-G, who is besides DDA chairman, and Panda to clarify the circumstantial day connected which Saxena obtained cognition connected the felling of trees.
In a caller affidavit filed Monday, the L-G said helium “learnt” astir it “on 12.04.2024 astatine a gathering relating to the reappraisal of the PM-UDAY Scheme… astatine Raj Niwas (L-G Secretariat), which was attended by past V-C, DDA, arsenic well. In this meeting, the Deponent (L-G) was informed verbally by past V-C, DDA, astir the felling of trees.”
Substantiating this, Panda successful a caller affidavit Monday said “in a gathering astatine Raj Niwas… connected 12.04.2024…,” helium “had verbally informed the Chairperson of DDA astir the unfortunate felling of trees”.
Panda said helium himself “learnt astir the felling of trees connected 18.03.2024 erstwhile the Delhi High Court issued a show-cause announcement of contempt to the Deponent and the Principal Secretary, Department of Forest and Wildlife, GNCTD for felling trees…”
On the query astir the day of commencement of felling of trees, the L-G submitted that “vide missive dated 10.06.2024 of the past V-C, DDA, helium learnt that felling… had commenced from 16.02.2024.”
This excessively recovered enactment successful Panda’s affidavit. He said erstwhile helium got to cognize astir the contented connected March 18, helium “urgently looked into” it, and “the Chief Engineer (South Zone), on with his staff, visited the tract and informed” him “642 trees had been felled”.
Regarding erstwhile helium had travel to cognize that the SC’s support was required earlier felling of the trees for immoderate project, the L-G said helium “learnt astir the requirement… vide a connection from the DDA dated 21.03.2024 which was for the constitution of a committee of experts for suggesting alternate alignment of the road, arsenic was directed by” the Court successful its March 4, 2024 order. He added that “the said bid dated 04.03.2024 was reproduced successful the connection from the DDA dated 21.03.2024.”
Saxena urged the tribunal to see his submissions and, if satisfied, walk orders for discharging the contempt announcement against DDA officials and springiness directions to the Authority for proceeding with compensatory afforestation enactment oregon walk immoderate different due directions.
On October 16, the SC had asked the L-G to record a idiosyncratic affidavit making a afloat disclosure of what transpired during his sojourn to the CAPFIMS task tract connected February 3, 2024.
In his affidavit filed successful response, the L-G said that during the said visit, helium was “not aware, nor made alert of the information that further permission” from the tribunal was needed to fell trees for widening the attack road.
However, the SC sought caller affidavits aft it noted immoderate “discrepancy” successful the dates mentioned successful the L-G’s effect and a missive addressed by Panda.
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