The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given approval to the DLF-HUDA expressway widening project in Gurgaon.

The 16-lane expressway is the 8.3 km long signal-free corridor, connecting NH-8 toll plaza to the Golf Course Road, and is to come up in sector 55-56 of Gurgaon.

The approval came due to a plea by residents of the National Media Centre (NMC), a housing society located in sector 55-56, which had challenged cutting of trees by HUDA, DLF, and Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS).

According to NGT, the land in question does not fall within the ambit of the forest land as per provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, as informed by the state government to the Supreme Court. It has also noted that efforts are being made to plant 10 trees for every tree cut as per permission obtained from the Forest Department, and now only 26 trees will be cut near the NMC on land which belongs to the government.

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