India, Dec. 3 -- The Delhi forest department apprised the Delhi High Court, which is monitoring the construction of a permanent foot overbridge in Delhi Cantonment to facilitate the movement of Rajputana Rifles regiment, that permission for the removal of 21 trees has been granted for the execution of the project by the Public Works Department (PWD).

The approval from the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has been conveyed, but it is subject to compliance with specific conditions for transplantation and compensatory plantation, the court was informed last week.

An official with the PWD, not wishing to be named, said, "The tree felling and transplantation permission from the empowered committee of MoEFCC has com...