The High Court has given permission to cut 356 ancient trees of Indian part of Jessore Road

ancient trees-geniusmanik.com

The High Court has given permission to cut 356 ancient trees of Indian part of Jessore Road

The Calcutta High Court has given permission to cut 356 ancient trees in Indian part of Jessore Road.

The government has decided to construct five flyovers or Flythe overs to bring the speed of traffic on the 61-kilometer road from Barasat adjacent to Calcutta, on the India-Bangladesh border checkpost, Petrapole.

That is why they started cutting off the ancient trees in February last year.

Local environmental activists got the suspension on the cutting off of the court, which has been in force so far.

On Friday, the Bench headed by the Chief Justice of the High Court ruled that 356 trees could be cut.

However, instead of each tree, five new trees will be required according to the law.

The environmental activists who filed the public interest in the court said after Friday's verdict, "We are frustrated, so many heritage trees will be cut off."

Manas Das, one of the leading prosecutors, said, "I will go to the Supreme Court against this verdict and hope that we will get the right judgment there." But for the reasons we are frustrated, the court officers did not give any favors to the reports that they were watching. So the government has not been satisfied with the system of reponation shown. The issue of traditional trees has not been honored. "

When the case was filed in the year 2017, the court appointed two court officers to postpone the cut off trees, who had investigated the government's re-plantation system for two days.

But the court ordered to plant five new trees instead of each cut tree, the court could not show its place, so the court had earlier told the court that the cases were filed.

On the other hand, the demand for Jessore Road expansion for a long time.

It is also necessary to widen the road to reach international trade with land border.

The environmental activist also said in the case that the road widening of the two kilometer road from Petrapole border patrol - the ancient trees were kept on the other side by keeping the old trees intact - in the same way the rest of Jessore Road could be expanded.

Ajay Majumder, a resident of Bannagar, told the BBC, "We are not against the road widening." We just said that the roads should not be cut across the roads, but the road is a meter five, but there are more than twenty meters of land near it. There is a two kilometer road - there is a tree in the middle, and the road has been done - it can be planned in the same way. "

Although instead of planning to widen the whole road, it has been decided to build five airplanes on Jessore Road first. That's why 356 trees have to be cut.

After Friday's verdict, another environmental activist Amitabh Aich said, "The verdict is frustrating, though the copy of the whole verdict has not yet been received, but I will hear the Supreme Court." But I am afraid that before going to the Supreme Court, these ancient heritage trees are not cut off. According to the law, it is about getting the crown of heritage. "

Mr. Aich further said, "An alternative could be that the tunnel boring machine was built instead of the flyover instead of the fly tunnel, the initial cost might be higher, but the maintenance costs were very low for a long time, and the environment could also be saved."

Environmentalist Subhash Dutt had told the BBC earlier, Jessore Road is not just a road - it has history and traditions associated with it.

"Before when we used to go to Petrapole border, trees like the tent above the whole road, it is not possible to plant trees, so it is very easy to decide to cut them off, but no political party wants that those who vote - to remove voters from the voters. However, alternate arrangements could be made to widen the road. Jessore Road is not merely a road - it is behind it. It would have been an example to the world if we could protect it, "said Subhash Dutt.

After the Dumdum airport, after moving slightly beyond the city of Barasat, Jessore road spread like a umbrella, spreading thousands of ancient trees.

Since the road was created, there was a shade of trees on the entire road at one time. But many trees have already been cut for urbanization.

Yet it is better to say that there are four thousand 36 trees still available to Petrapole land port.

The famous poetry, 'September on Jessore Road', was written by poet Allen Ginsberg with the experience of the time leading up to the then East Pakistan border with Jessore Road at the end of Bangladesh's liberation war.

At the time of the war, such as the freedom fighters or the Indian forces used to travel, millions of refugees took shelter on both sides of the road after coming to India. Source: BBC Bangla

Please Share This…………….