The Forest division fined three males on Friday for allegedly felling round 23 bushes, together with closely pruning branches of one other 21 bushes, within the neighborhood of Jalvayu Towers society in Sector 56 in November final 12 months, stated officers.
In response to officers, those that are fined are residents of the society and members of the RWA.
In response to officers, the forest offence report (FOR) issued in November, seen by PR, imposing a penalty of round ₹50,000 on all three males for unauthorised trimming and pruning of bushes will quickly be submitted to the court docket.
“Earlier, throughout an inspection on November 1, round 40 bushes, together with their branches, had been discovered chopped. Related violations contained in the society premises flagged in early 2025 led to fines,” stated a senior official on the forest division.
Residents of Jalvayu Society alleged that the tree pruning continued even after the district forest division really helpful penalties in November 2025 towards its residents’ welfare affiliation (RWA) members.
“Most of us dwelling within the society have at all times been happy with how inexperienced our society was. However previously few months, many bushes had been pruned for no legitimate cause. Most of them weren’t close to any electrical energy wires or going inside any of the flats,” stated YS Yadav, a resident of Jalvayu Towers.
One other resident, Ashok Dabas, alleged that the society’s administration didn’t observe any guidelines or acquire authorized permission to chop the bushes. “Lots of the greens which had not outgrown or had no security considerations had been additionally chopped down,” Dabas stated.
One other resident, Gp Capt (Retd) Ajay Kumar stated that changing saplings with parking tons goes so as to add to the town’s air air pollution difficulty. “We’re nonetheless awaiting motion on the November FOR, and but, most of the bushes reduce had been greater than 25 cms in circumference measured on the level of felling,, versus the permission granted by the division,” Kumar stated.
Officers stated that the RWA was given permission to chop useless dry bushes and branches with lower than 25 cms in circumference in December.
Raj Kumar, district forest officer, confirmed that many bushes had been reduce throughout November, earlier than the permission was granted on December 3, 2025. “An offence report has been ready and penalties are quickly going to be recovered from the offenders,” Kumar stated.
Officers stated round 13 alstonia, two siris, 4 papari, and 4 subabul bushes, together with a number of branches, had been chopped with out permission.
Anil Shukla, president of the RWA, refuted the allegations, claiming that permissions had been obtained from the division for the tree felling. “Lots of the bushes had outgrown a lot that they started entangling with the electrical wires. With all prior permission, the pruning was carried out holding in thoughts the security of the residents,” stated Shukla.
Residents alleged that the remaining branches had been dumped in a close-by slum, the place they had been being burned as gas.
