New Delhi: Delhi will be gaining infrastructure and better transport facilities thanks to the Commonwealth Games but that is coming at a cost. The city lost about 40,000 trees to Metro construction, flyovers and other Games-related projects in the past few years.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/green-cost-infrastructure-projects-40000-trees
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infrastructure-development
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/habitat-and-urbanisation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/transport
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensatory-afforestation-fund-management-and-planning-authority-campa
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensatory-afforestation-fund-management-and-planning-authority-campa-0
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-capacity-bus