India, Oct. 8 -- The Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL) has sought permission to fell 414 trees for the construction of Phase two of the metro corridor from Sector 9 to Cyber City, officials said on Wednesday.

According to officials, the metro authority asked the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) to seek permission from the forest department for the tree felling.

A letter written by GMRL on September 29 stated, "... an inventory of trees falling within the proposed metro alignment under the jurisdiction of HSVP has been prepared. It is, therefore, requested that the statutory approval process for tree felling may kindly be initiated with the concerned forest department authorities on behalf of GMRL, to facilitate timely execution...