Ngt attributed police to cut trees in Delhi, strict orders came; Action on Contractor Also - Police in NCR Delhi held liable for illegal tree cutting in Mangolpuri New Delhi City News

The National Green Tribunal blamed the police in Delhi that he had illegally cut trees in the Mangolpuri police station. Police were ordered to plant trees and take care of compensation. The case came to light on the complaint of a local resident, after which the forest department confirmed that the Delhi Protection Protection Act was violated and that the contractor was fined. Delhi police should plant trees in Mangolpuri: Ngt. Lying Photo Jagran Correspondent, New -Delhi. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) held police in Delhi responsible for cutting the peepal tree without permission in the Mangolpuri police station and the illegal sorting of two taking trees. The tribunal ordered the police to plant trees to make it free of charge and to take care of the planted plants for at least five years. The case came to light on the complaint of the local resident, in which he claimed that trees were damaged by a contractor during the renovation of the police station. A Bank of NGT President Justice Prakash Srivastava instructed the Delhi forest department to inspect the site in March 2024. In the affidavit filed in March 2025, the forest department confirmed that the Delhi Trees Protection Act (DPPTA), 1994 was violated. The department said that illegal sorting and harvesting of trees was done without permission, on which the contractor was fined one lakh groups and the amount deposited. Delhi police said in his reply that the old police station’s premises of Mangolpuri were vacant and the responsibility to maintain the guard was waiting. The contractor received a job order to repair the broken cans on campus. Meanwhile, the workers of the contractor sorted the trees without permission. Police also issued a notice of this negligence to the Watchman.