New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed its reservations over a proposal to transplant over 70 trees from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) campus for the construction of a new block. Citing the rising pollution levels, Justice Jasmeet Singh asked AIIMS authorities to file the structural plan of its upcoming critical care centre, which requires the removal of 75 trees, along with their plan for the proposed transplantation.
An AIIMS official and an architect appeared before the court on Tuesday to submit that five trees with more than 2m girth will be transplanted within the campus, while the remaining will be sent to Jaunapur. "Trees definitely help in reducing the level of pollution severity. If you transplant 75 trees in Jaunapur, it will not help people here...You do it on the AIIMS campus," Justice Singh said.
AIIMS authorities then stated that they would try to transplant around 40% of the trees on the campus. TNN