NMC invites objections to felling of trees at Nagpur Medical College campus within seven days
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation has sought objections within seven days to applications to cut 26 trees at the Government Medical College and Super Speciality Hospital campus.
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The Garden and Tree Authority department of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation has issued a public notice seeking permission to cut trees that are obstructing ongoing and proposed construction on the campus of the Government Medical College and Super Speciality Hospital, Nagpur. The applicants have sought permission to fell the trees listed against their names.
The corporation has said citizens who object to the felling must register their objection within seven days. The objection must be in writing and must state the reasons. It is to be submitted at the office of the Tree Officer, Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Civil Lines, Nagpur. The person objecting must also produce an identity card. Objections received after seven days will not be considered.
The first proposal is for a 240-bed dormitory. The applicant is the Dean of the Government Medical College and Super Speciality Hospital, Nagpur. The application seeks the felling of trees obstructing the construction of the proposed 240-bed dormitory on the institution's premises. These include 21 cassia trees, with an estimated age of 17 to 46 years. One peltophorum tree is 49 years old and one babul tree is 48 years old. All are non-heritage.
The second proposal is for construction of a waiting room. The applicant is Avinash Gawande, Medical Superintendent of the Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur. The application seeks to cut two gulmohar trees obstructing the construction of a waiting room in wards 4 and 5 of the institution. The trees are estimated to be 36 to 38 years old and are non-heritage.
The third proposal is for a new urban health centre. The applicant is the Dean of the Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur. The application seeks the felling of one tree obstructing construction of the new urban health centre in the Somwari Quarters building. It is a neem tree, estimated to be 51 years old, and falls in the heritage category.
The notice was issued by the Deputy Commissioner (Gardens) and Tree Officer, Nagpur Municipal Corporation.
