Gurugram, Sept. 12 -- The Haryana Forest Development Corporation (HFDC) has floated tender for planting 18,000 trees in lieu of the 1,800 trees being felled for construction of the first phase of metro in Gurugram. The trees will be planted in Kadarpur on behalf of GMRL (Gurugram Metro Rail Limited). Cutting of the trees along the stretch of metro line has started at several locations. The saplings will be planted in Kadarpur village where the municipal corporation has handed over 18 hectares of land for afforestation. The GMRL, which has started construction of the first phase of Gurugram metro from Millennium City centre to sector 9, has received permission to fell 1,801 trees. A senior official of GMDA's urban environment division said they have started the felling of trees along the metro alignment in sector 9, and on the stretch between Kanhai T point and Subash Chowk. The GMRL also said it has transferred half the amount of the tender for saving and maintenance of trees for the next year. "The metro corporation is very serious in ensuring that trees are planted and they survive in the long run," said a senior GMRL official....