India, Oct. 18 -- Uttar Pradesh government has sought eight more weeks from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to proceed in the case related to the construction of 111km long road project, which initially projected the felling of 112,722 trees and shrubs in protected forest areas across Ghaziabad, Meerut, and Muzaffarnagar divisions to construct two lanes of the proposed road alongside the Upper Ganga Canal.

The tribunal is currently hearing the matter after taking cognisance of an HT report dated February 1, 2024. During the latest hearing in the case, the counsel representing the state of UP sought eight more weeks to proceed in the case pending forest clearances.

"Learned ASG submits that the forest clearance as indicated on the prev...