Civil society activists on Sunday (June 8, 2025) slammed the Assam Government for slashing numerous trees, some more than a century old, in Guwahati to make space for a flyover.
They said the felling and purported translocation of these trees deviated from the government’s commitment to the Gauhati High Court six months ago to realign the flyover so that not a single tree is affected.
The ‘save the trees’ activists included scholar Hiren Gohain, scientist Dinesh Chandra Goswami, social scientist Apurba K. Baruah, historian Manorama Sharma, and lawyer Shantanu Borthakur.
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They condemned the government’s decision to slash the heritage trees along the Ambari to Dighalipukhuri stretch of the GNB Road for Guwahati’s longest flyover under construction. “This move represents a blatant disregard for public sentiment, environmental responsibility, and a shocking reversal of earlier commitments made to the Gauhati High Court in affidavits,” they said in a statement.
