India, July 9 -- The public works department has sent a revised estimate plan to the Uttar Pradesh government about change in alignment of the 111km Upper Ganga Canal road project, expecting that the plan will also reduce the tree felling, officials said on Tuesday.

The under-construction two-lane road project alongside the Upper Ganga Canal links Ghaziabad's Muradnagar to Purkaji near the UP-Uttarakhand border. The project cost was estimated at Rs.658 crore.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is currently hearing the matter of constructing the road that passes through ecologically sensitive areas, after taking cognizance of a Hindustan Times report (February 1, 2024), about how the state government's forest department gave the nod to fe...