THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The environmentalists in the city, including Sugathakumari, G. Shankar, Sridhar P., Eldo Pachilakadan and R. Ajayan, have put forward a series of recommendations on tree-felling in the city. These recommendations were made at a discussion the greens had with PWD Minister Mons Joseph, Forest Minister Binoy Viswam and Law Minister M Vijayakumar.

Mumbai Over 3,000 trees are facing the axe across the city to make way for public and private infrastructure projects. Facing the greatest damage to its greens is the Bhandup Water Complex area that may lose more than 2,300 trees to make way for the upcoming water supply project.

Hasiru Usiru had earlier lodged a complaint with Siddapura police against 'Namma Metro' authorities on Monday, for tree-felling activities.

The Lakshman Rao Boulevard Walkers Association on Sunday morning organised a human chain

As trees disappear across the City to make way for the Metro and new roads, twin giants have been given a new lease of life by a tree-lover.

Bangalore cardiologist Dr Ramana Rao paid roughly Rs one lakh from his pocket to relocate two enormous peepal trees - one aged 225 years and the other 240 years - after he found them uprooted at the side of the Tumkur highway to make way for roadworks.

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The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the construction of the badminton and squash courts complex for the Commonwealth Games 2010, at the Siri Fort Sports Complex (SFSC). There was opposition from the members of the SFSC who had alleged that the DDA had violated environmental norms.

Noted environmentalist and former Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Dr A N Yellappa Reddy has said that the alignment issue should not be allowed to stall the Namma Metro project at the present juncture.

The message was loud and clear: Shelve plan to acquire Lalbagh, change alignment of Namma Metro.

With no response from the State government over the R V Road alignment and construction activity of Lalbagh station progressing,

More than a 100 protesters, including members of Hasiru Usiru staged yet another protest in a Padayatra outside the Lalbagh on R V Road here on Tuesday demanding that the metro alignment be shelved.