Guwahati, Aug. 12 -- The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam government to submit a status report on the translocation of 76 trees in connection with the GNB Road Flyover project.

The order, issued by the bench of Justice Michael Zothankhuma and Justice Anjan Moni Kalita, came on Monday during the hearing on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by senior journalist Mahesh Deka and activist Jayanta Gogoi raising concerns over translocation of trees in the Ambari area for the elevated GNB Road Flyover project .

Vikram Rajkhowa, the counsel for the petitioner, raised concerns that the Assam government has not yet formulated a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the translocation of trees.

He also stated that the 76 trees, whi...