SC stresses on tree census in Delhi, creating body to verify officer's work

The top court termed as very important the issue concerning strict implementation of the provisions of the 1994 Act.

The Supreme Court on Friday highlighted the need for a census of trees in the national capital and said it wanted to create an authority to supervise the work carried out by the tree officer.

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih said the issue over the strict implementation of the provisions of the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994, required immediate attention.

"Apart from tree census, that order we are going to pass, we also want to create an authority. That authority will verify whether the tree officer has done a proper job. Somebody has to supervise the permission granted," the bench said.