Trees felled during development projects; During a session of the Lok Sabha, the government highlighted the stringent guidelines

On average, five trees have been cut down every hour for the past three years in the national capital, Delhi, and the estimate does not include cases of illegal logging, data filed in an affidavit in the Delhi High Court revealed.

Recently, a storm in Delhi damaged a large number of trees. About 102 trees were uprooted and 1,058 trees were partially damaged in winds