Overview

• The lone Tabebuia argentea at Gaj Dwar, marked ‘Number 01’, was assessed as a hindrance on the VVIP route used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• Transplantation is expected to begin next week to a designated spot at Prerna Sthal within the Parliament complex.
• CPWD deposited a refundable Rs 57,000 security amount and secured permission limited strictly to relocating this single tree.
• The approval requires planting 10 native saplings at the site, geo-tagging them, maintaining them for seven years, and filing annual progress reports.
• A day earlier, a 20-year-old man allegedly tried to scale the Parliament boundary using a nearby tree and is being questioned by the IB and Delhi Police Special Cell.