Central Empowered Committee directs RVNL to ensure afforestation for Kolkata's Joka-Esplanade metro project

The Ministry of Environment's Central Empowered Committee directed RVNL to ensure proper afforestation for the Joka-Esplanade metro project in Kolkata. RVNL must obtain prior approval before felling or transplanting trees in the Maidan and should ensure transplantation and compensatory plantation efforts are conducted nearby.