New Delhi: 02 Feb 21The Supreme Court has permitted the Uttar Pradesh authority to remove 702 trees, which had fallen due to cyclone and storm in May 2015 and April 2018, from various locations of Agra district which comes under the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ). TTZ is about 10,400 sq km, spread over the districts of Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Hathras and Etah in Uttar Pradesh and Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was informed by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, who appeared for Uttar Pradesh, that these 702 trees were either dead or uprooted in the cyclone and the authorities cannot remove them without the top court’s nod as per earlier order.
