RA TDC reports on tree-cutting

The RA TDC is continuing to document and report on instances of tree cutting across Auroville. Their report of 7th September 2023 shows that at least 378 trees have been cut on the proposed Crown and Outer Ring Road trajectories since the NGT judgment of April 2022. 

On 3rd September 2023, banyans and palmyras that were beside the Crown road opposite Santé were cut. It is pointed out that “a narrowing or diversion of the road by a few centimetres would have allowed the trees to remain”.