India, May 15 -- New Delhi

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), in a case pertaining to illegal felling of 40 trees by the irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department along the Mangolpuri-Sultanpuri drain in 2023, issued a slew of orders including registration of an FIR, recovery of environmental compensation and undertaking compensatory afforestation.

A bench of justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and expert member Afroz Ahmad pulled up the state forest and wildlife department and other agencies for failing to take action against illegal tree felling, which was in violation of the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994. The tree felling was also confirmed by an NGT-appointed joint committee in 2025, but no action was taken, it noted in its order ...