Chandigarh, May 16 -- Even as the Centre has given a go-ahead for the construction of the Tribune flyover to ease congestion at one of Chandigarh's busiest intersections, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday stayed the felling of 500 trees in the vicinity, effectively stalling the project.

"Since the matter has been heard and is to be decided at an early date, it would be appropriate to restrain the respondents from felling or lopping off any mango tree or other tree in the vicinity of Tribune Chowk," the bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry observed while making it clear the interim direction is being given subject to the final outcome of the judgment.

Earlier, the court noted that UT had objected to the pu...