Govt inaction killing people, depleting tree cover: amicus to HC: The Indian Express

“Amicus curiae Kailash Vasdev told the Delhi High Court Wednesday that “over 100,000 trees” were felled by the Public Works Department and Delhi Metro between 2006 and 2010 in the national capital and the Delhi government had not placed post-2009 data on tree felling and development projects in the public domain…Submitting a report of suggestions and analysis on air pollution in Delhi, Vasdev, a senior advocate, told the bench of Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva that an estimated 10,500 deaths, directly related to bronchial and cardiovascular diseases, were occurring every year in the capital. “Government inaction is killing people,” he said ” The Indian Express. Read it on delhiair.gov.

Govt inaction killing people, depleting tree cover: amicus to HC