From The Nation, 28 November 2009
LAHORE-Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry while taking suo moto notice on an application Friday restrained Punjab government from felling trees for widening the Canal Bank Road besides summoning Chief Secretary, Environment Secretary and Project Director for December 1st at Islamabad.
‘Shajar Dost’, an organisation comprising environmentalists, had requested CJP on Wednesday, who was in the City for Eid holidays, to take suo moto notice of the issue and stop the government from cutting down trees. Their plea was that govt planned to start operation during Eid holidays, without meeting its obligations under the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997.
According to them, Punjab government is planning to widen road on both sides of the Canal from Thokar Niaz Baig to Dharampura underpass at a hefty cost of Rs 3.15 billion and that the project would cause cutting down of thousands of trees.
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