New Delhi, April 3 -- As many as 43% of the trees transplanted for the Union government's marquee Rs.20,000 crore Central Vista project have perished, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. The government said that of a total of 3,609 trees transplanted, 1,545 have perished post-transplantation. The Centre said that a total of 24,450 trees were planted as "compensatory" plantation - 24,450 at NTPC ECO Park in Badarpur and 1,730 in Ghitorni, Union minister of state for housing and urban affairs Tokhan Sahu said in response to a question by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mohua Moitra. The government also informed Parliament that it spent Rs.5.29 crore on these activities over the last three financial years. The highest number of transplanted tr...