High Court convicts 3 PWD officers and a cop for damaging 80 trees in Delhi

About 80 trees at Vikas Marg in Delhi were extensively damaged by the PWD officials, who breached the judicial mandate, the Delhi High Court noted

Three PWD officers and a police officer have been convicted by the Delhi High Court in a contempt of court case for damaging 80 trees at Vikas Marg during construction work last year. The forest department said that 80 trees were damaged while three were cut without permission from the authority. 

The trees at Vikas Marg were extensively damaged by the PWD officials, who breached the judicial mandate, the court noted.

Delhi High Court Justice Najmi Waziri on June 7 while sentencing the officers said, “The PWD has undertaken construction activities involving deep trenching within one metre radius from the