Overview
- The court barred any cutting, pruning, transporting or transplanting of trees in Bhopal without prior permission and listed the case for November 26.
- The state said the district collector approved transplantation of 448 trees, reported that 253 were transplanted, and pledged to plant ten times the number that could not be moved.
- Intervenor Nitin Saxena submitted photographs contesting transplantation claims, prompting the court to order satellite imagery with GPS details.
- Photographs before the bench showed trunks replanted without branches or leaves, and the state acknowledged it has no tree-plantation policy.
- A newspaper report cited in court said 488 trees were felled for a PWD road project without required approvals, and a separate proposal to remove 244 trees for residential complexes was flagged.