Govt Allows Removal of Dangerous Trees that Pose Immediate Danger to Life, Infra or Traffic | Delhi News – Times of India

New Delhi: to address complaints related to dangerous trees, delhi govt has is issued a gazette notification providing clarity on emergency cases where a trees a trees Life, Property or Traffic, and Can Be Removed.The steps can be taken by individuals, rwas, land-swapping agencies or agencies concerned without prior approval, provided the matter is reported to the Tree Officeer with the Tree Officeer with 24 Hours, INCLUDING Photographs from at least three different angles.The notification came in June after an order of lieutenant governor vk saxena. Delhi Govt, Using the Powers Under Section 33 of Delhi Preservation of Trees (DPT) Act, 1994, Directed Tree Officers in this Regard. “Section 8 of DPT Act Mandates that No Tree Shall Be Felled, Removed or Disposed of Without Prior Permission from the Tree Officer. Immediane Danger to Life, Property or Traffic, “An official stated earlier.The gazette notification provides an indicative list of situations where such action can be taken. It states that if trees stand on or grow into the right of roads, bridges, underpasses, overbridges and foot overbridges in a manner that poses Danger to Life and Property or Obstructs the flow of Traffic, the owner or Occupier of such land can remove or prune them immediatily.Similarly, if trees grow into the right of drains and sewer lines, haempering flow of sewarage, or if trees fall within the precincts of a heroitage building or grow in a manner theats And Hampers its restauration, the owner or agency can remove or prune them immediatily and inform the Tree Officer.“If a Tree Falls or Grows on the Precinct of Any Building, Residential or Official or Commercial, or Extends Into the Balconies or Walls in a manner that endangers the structural safety of the bill Land-Owning Agency, Individual, Or Rwas in the case of Housing Society, After Self-CERTIFICATION Regarding Ownesip, Shall be A come to remove or prune research trees and informal If it hampers the right of a railway track or metro installation or if DRED-up or dead trees lean in a precarious manner, being vulnerable to fall in the event of a Storm, the Land-ORNING AGENING AGENDING Shall be removed to remove them, “stated the notification.The parties need to provide geo-coordinates and justification for the action, Along with post-action images, on the e-FOREST PORTAL. “If at a later stage it is found anyone has lost this provision, he or she will be lied for action under relevant forest laws,” stated the notification.