Chandigarh, Feb. 24 -- The UT administration has approved felling of 352 fully grown trees to facilitate relocation of the Dhanas marble and furniture market to a 44-acre site in Sector 56-West. The administration has set a deadline of March 31 to complete the construction work after which the sites will be auctioned to relocate the two unauthorised markets - the marble market in Dhanas and the furniture market in Sectors 53 and 54.

A senior UT administration official said, "We have received approval for the removal of trees to develop the site. The municipal corporation will carry out the felling, and the deadline for completing the site has been set for March 31. The auction for both markets is expected to take place in April this year...