India, Dec. 11 -- The Western Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to submit a comprehensive report on all tree-cutting permissions issued and compensatory plantations undertaken since 2022 in various projects.

The PMC, which was earlier given three months to furnish the information, sought more time citing the extensive volume of data. The tribunal has now granted an additional two weeks, with the next hearing set for February 11.

The petition was filed in June by Pune resident and environmental activist Krunal Gharre. In a September hearing, the NGT instructed the PMC to submit the report within three months. The deadline, which fell in December, was extended after the civic body...