India, Aug. 22 -- Lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu has exempted 16.06 hectares of land in south Delhi's Netaji Nagar from the one-hectare cap under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act (DPTA), 1994, paving way for transplantation of 1,877 trees from the area.

A gazette notification issued on August 18 allows consideration of a proposal for transplantation or felling of trees for redevelopment of the General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colony. The order follows an application by NBCC (India) Limited seeking permission for the exercise.

Under Section 9(3) of the DPTA, the tree officer can consider applications for tree transplantation or felling only up to one hectare. Since the Netaji Nagar project covers a larger area,...