Chennai

Notice on plea seeking to stop felling trees

Express News Service

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court ordered notice to Tamil Nadu Highways department on a petition seeking to restrain the department from felling trees for road widening project. The petitioner, M Bharathiraja of Sriperumbudur, claimed Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project-II is implementing a project to widen the Sadras-Chengalpattu-Kancheepuram-Arakkonam-Tiruttani road from two lane to four lane. He said the authorities were planning to fell the large Bombax ceiba trees. 

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