New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Kolar tree felling The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on September 15, 2025, directed concerned authorities to place on record the order of the Tree Officer granting permission for felling 4,105 trees to construct the Kolar Six Lane Road in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal district.

The court also directed the authorities to disclose the amount, if any, deposited by the executing agency responsible for the compensatory plantation, the number of trees which have been planted for compensatory plantation and the surviving number of trees.

The joint committee appointed by the NGT made some recommendations. One among them was that if road construction is to be done beyond 14.200 kilometres (km), necessary approval under the prov...