The Ridge Management Board (RMB), meeting after a year on July 18, has cleared six significant projects in Delhi.

These include the construction of a bamboo café and water trough at Sanjay Van, conservation of historical monuments at Sanjay Van, sewer line installation at Smriti Van, Madhya Pradesh’s new state guest house in Vasant Kunj, defence infrastructure development at Nausena Bhawan in Delhi Cantonment, and the expansion of Balak Ram Hospital in Timarpur.

The projects now await clearance from the Central Empowered Committee and the Supreme Court. For Madhya Pradesh’s guest house project, 215 trees may need felling or transplantation. The minutes stressed, "Necessary approvals under Delhi Preservation of Trees Act (DPTA), 1994 shall be obtained by the user agency for felling or transplantation of trees." In Sanjay Van, conservation works require shifting 16 trees, while the café project involves no tree loss.

The Balak Ram Hospital expansion targets smoother emergency access, with nine trees obstructing passage. Defence infrastructure work spans over 8 hectares at an estimated cost of Rs 450 crore.