New Delhi, March 11 -- Do tree census in Taj Trapezium Zone: SC to Forest Research Institute The Supreme Court bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh stated that the purpose of the 1976 Act is to safeguard trees rather than promote their cutting, as they issued an order for a tree census in the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ), Agra, Uttar Pradesh. "Sections 4 and 5 of the 1976 Act provide for grant of permission to fell or remove the trees. If trees are felled without permission, there are penal provisions starting from Section 10 onwards. The penal provisions cannot be implemented unless the data of existing trees are available. The data can be made available only if there is a proper tree census carried out," SC said Mar...