Overview

• The SPG identified a fully grown Tabebuia argentea at Gaj Dwar, a gate often used by the prime minister, as a hindrance on the VVIP route.
• The Delhi Forest Department granted conditional permission after a CPWD request, with the tree marked as Number 01 for relocation within the complex.
• Prerna Sthal near IG4 was inspected on July 21 and deemed suitable for the transplant, with the move indicated by officials as likely next week.
• The CPWD deposited a refundable Rs 57,000 and must plant 10 native saplings, geo-tag them, maintain them for seven years, and file annual reports.
• Security focus intensified after a 20-year-old, identified as Ram Kumar Bind, was detained for attempting to scale a Parliament wall using a boundary tree and is being questioned by the IB and Delhi Police’s Special Cell.