New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): After city buses and metro in the national capital began to operate with 50 per cent seating capacity, people around the city expressed their concerns as they are facing issues in commuting. However, a few sections of people also supported the decision considering the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.

New Delhi Sep 26 PTI Over 14 hectares of forest land in east and northeast Delhi having 5104 trees is proposed to be diverted for the construction of a stretch of a six-lane highwayThe National Highway Authority of India NHAI has sought permission from the Delhi forest department for the development of a 1475-kilometer stretch of the six-lane access controlled Delhi-Saharanpur highway according to officialsThere are a total of 5104 trees on the stretch between the Akshardham NH-9 junction and the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh bordera forest department official saidAn inspection was conducted last month The user agency skipped some trees during the counting and they have been asked to consider them too he said The official saidthe NHAI is yet to provide land for compensatory afforestationThe tree species include Sheesham Sahtut Peepal Champa Ashok Subabul Neem Eucalyptus Kikar Ber Jamun and GularThe Rs 1500-crore project is part of Phase I of the Bharatmala Pariyojana the second largest highway construction programme in the country under which 50000 km of roads will be constructedThe project falls in deemed forest land and diversion of this deemed forest land is unavoidable the proposal readThe central agency has also sought permission for the diversion of 035 hectares of forest land for the construction of a six-lane access controlled highway from DND Maharani Bagh to the junction with Jaitpur-Pushta Road section of NH-148A total of 191 trees including Beri Neem Peepal Sahtut and Siras are proposed to be translocated during the construction work PTI GVS ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday inaugurated the cloverleaf of the Mayur Vihar-I flyover on the Delhi-Noida link road and also launched cycle tracks, ramp, loop and service road on the flyover.