New Delhi, March 6 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a tree census in an area spread across 10,400km around the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra, known as Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ), to ensure laws penalising illegal tree felling are better enforced in Agra and adjoining districts.
A bench headed by justice Abhay S Oka directed Dehradun-based Forest Research Institute (FRI) to conduct the exercise. It also told the institute to provide timelines along with specifications about the cost, the mode and manner of undertaking the exercise to the TTZ Authority.
The authority has been told to share the details with the top court by the end of this month.
TTZ covers the districts of Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Hathras, and Etah in UP and Rajasthan's...