The Indian Express | Delhi’s Kasturba Gandhi Marg project won’t hurt green cover: Hardeep Singh Puri

Oct 01,2019

The residential complex will be constructed by the Central Works Public Department (CPWD), at a total cost of Rs 2,428 crore, in two phases.

Green space would constitute 33 per cent of the total area, Hardeep Singh Puri said.
Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said no trees will have to be cut for the redevelopment of Kasturba Gandhi Marg GPRA project, which was inaugurated by him Monday.

The residential complex will be constructed by the Central Works Public Department (CPWD), at a total cost of Rs 2,428 crore, in two phases.

Puri Monday tweeted, “This state-of-the-art low-carbon footprint redevelopment project will have a 30% green cover. The plans have been made in such a way that no trees will be cut. In fact, 186 trees will be relocated using modern technologies as has been successfully done elsewhere.”

Earlier in the day, while laying the foundation stone for the project, he said: “I assure all stakeholders that all the redevelopment work will happen without compromising on green cover. The ministry’s effort is in the direction of increasing green cover.”