Guwahati, July 22 -- The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday directed the Assam government to present its Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for tree translocation and felling in construction projects.

The order, issued by the bench of Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Michael Zothankhuma came during the hearing of a PIL filed by senior journalist Mahesh Deka and activist Jayanta Gogoi flagging concerns over translocation of trees in the Ambari area for the elevated GNB Road Flyover project .

The court's attention was drawn to the potential loss of numerous trees due to the flyover construction. In response, Assam's Advocate General Devajit Saikia assured the Court that the project alignment would be modified to largely avoid tree fell...