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The Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi exempts a 46.8458 hectare area from the one-hectare limitation under Section 9(3) of the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994, for the construction of the 765 KV DC Khetri-Narela Transmission Line in New Delhi.

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The Department of Forests and Wildlife, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, issued a notification on 3rd September, 2025, exempting an area of 46.8458 hectares from the maximum one-hectare limitation specified under sub-section (3) of Section 9 of the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994 (Delhi Act 11 of 1994). This exemption, granted by the Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi under Section 29 of the DPTA, 1994, is in public interest for the construction of the 765 KV DC Khetri-Narela Transmission Line, New Delhi. The exemption was sought by the Tree Officer (North Forest Division) following an application (ID no. 24483 on DPTA e-Forest portal) from DGM (TLC), Powergrid Narela Transmission Ltd., for permission regarding transplantation/felling/pruning of 168 trees for the project. The notification explicitly states that this exemption is solely for the area limitation and does not constitute permission for tree transplantation/felling/pruning, which must be considered independently by the Tree Officer (North Forest Division) under the DPTA, 1994, the Delhi Preservation of Trees Rules, 1996, and other relevant guidelines and court orders, aiming to minimize affected trees. Annexure-A details the exempted area (E.A) as 46.8458 Hac, within an Outer Boundary Area (O.B.A) of 47.8035 Hac, which also contains a Non-Exempted Area (N.E.A) of 0.9577 Hac, with coordinates provided in WGS-84, UTM-43.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33002/99 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Delhi Gazette SG-DL-E-08092025-265999 EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 264] DELHI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2025/BHADRA 13, 1947 [N. C. T. D. No. 210 PART IV GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS AND WILDLIFE NOTIFICATION Delhi, the 3rd September, 2025 F.No.24483/TO(N)/TC-Transplant/2024-25/7512 .—WHEREAS, an application ID no. 24483 on DPTA e-Forest portal was received by the Tree Officer (North Forest Division) from the DGM (TLC), Powergrid Narela Transmission Ltd. for seeking permission under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994 (Delhi Act 11 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as DPTA, 1994) for transplantation / felling / Pruning of 168 trees number of trees for construction of the 765 KV DC Khetri-Narela Transmission Line, New Delhi in an area of 46.8458 hectare. AND WHEREAS, the Tree Officer (North Forest Division) after due application of mind, has sought exemption in respect of 46.8458 hectare area (as per details in Annexure – A) under Section 29 of the DPTA, 1994 from applicability of Section 9 sub-section (3) of the DPTA, 1994, in view of limitation of maximum one hectare area for considering application of tree transplantation / felling / Pruning by the Tree Officer in Section 9 sub-section (3) of the DPTA, 1994. THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 29 of the DPTA, 1994, the Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi, hereby, in public interest, exempts an area of 46.8458 hectare (as per details in Annexure – A), from the limitation of maximum one hectare area under sub-section (3) of Section 9 of the said Act for construction of the 765 KV DC Khetri-Narela Transmission Line, New Delhi with the following conditions: 1) This notification is being issued under Section 29 of the DPTA, 1994 only to exempt the 46.8458 hectare area (as per details in Annexure – A) from the limitation of maximum one hectare area under sub-section (3) of Section 9 of the DPTA, 1994 for the construction of the 765 KV DC Khetri-Narela Transmission Line, New Delhi as sought by the Tree Officer. 2) This notification for exemption under Section 29 of the DPTA, 1994, in any case, shall not be considered as permission for transplantation / felling / Pruning of trees under the DPTA, 1994. 3) The application for transplantation / felling / Pruning of tress shall be considered and scrutinized independently and separately by the Tree Officer (North Forest Division) under the provisions of the DPTA, 1994, the Delhi Preservation of Trees Rules, 1996, relevant guidelines, directions issued in this regard and all relevant court orders with due application of mind minimizing the number of affected trees to be transplantation / felling / Pruning from within the exempted area. By Order and in the Name of the Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi, SANDEEP KUMAR, Principal Secy. Annexure-A Boundary details of the area exempted U/S 29 from limitation of max 1 ha area U/S 9 (3) of Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994, for proposed Construction of the 765 KV DC Khetri-Narela transmission line , New Delhi. Outer Boundary Area (O.B.A) Exempted Area (E.A) = 46.8458 ha Not Exempted Area (N.E.A) = 9577 Sqm. Area Exempted U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 E.A Outer boundary of area, which is exempted U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 O.B.A Boundary of area, which is not included in exempted area U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 N.E.A E.A (46.8458 Hac) = O.B.A (47.8035 Hac) - N.E.A (0.9577 Hac). LEGEND:- Project Area (Exempted) Not Exempted Area Coordinate No. 000 Points Dimension 00.00m Boundary Details of the Area Exempted under Section 29 of Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994 for construction of the 765 KV DC Khetri-Narela transmission line, New Delhi +-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------+ | Area Exempted U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 | E.A | (Exempted Area) | +-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------+ | Outer boundary of area, which is exempted U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 | O.B.A | (Outer Boundary Area) | +-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------+ | Boundary of area, which is not included in exempted area U/S 29 of | N.E.A | (Non-Exempted Area) | | DPTA, 1994 | | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------+ E.A (46.8458 Hac) = O.B.A (47.8035 Hac) – N.E.A (0.9577 Hac). As per the details of the area, for Construction of the 765 KV DC Khetri-Narela transmission line, New Delhi, the outer boundary (O.B.A) contains the area exempted (E.A) U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 within which there is Non-Exempted area (N.E.A) not included in the exempted area. Coordinates of outer boundary of area* (O.B.A) which is exempted U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 for construction of the 765 KV DC Khetri-Narela transmission line, New Delhi. +-------+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ | S.NO. | NORTHING | EASTING | LATITUDE | LONGITUDE | +-------+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ | 1 | 690353.251 | 3185117.403 | 28° 46' 46.2324" N | 76° 57' 00.0687" E | | 2 | 690412.749 | 3185086.597 | 28° 46' 45.2003" N | 76° 57' 02.2433" E | | 3 | 690720.231 | 3185680.445 | 28° 47' 04.3220" N | 76° 57' 13.9370" E | | 4 | 691027.714 | 3186274.292 | 28° 47' 23.4433" N | 76° 57' 25.6321" E | | 5 | 690882.864 | 3186734.022 | 28° 47' 38.4506" N | 76° 57' 20.5709" E | | 6 | 690777.271 | 3186980.93 | 28° 47' 46.5255" N | 76° 57' 16.8277" E | | 7 | 690554.108 | 3187266.605 | 28° 47' 55.9220" N | 76° 57' 08.7732" E | | 8 | 690450.661 | 3187614.671 | 28° 48' 07.2808" N | 76° 57' 05.1699" E | | 9 | 690657.183 | 3188180.739 | 28° 48' 25.5540" N | 76° 57' 13.1273" E | | 10 | 691259.903 | 3188300.254 | 28° 48' 29.1130" N | 76° 57' 35.4229" E | | 11 | 691862.623 | 3188419.768 | 28° 48' 32.6710" N | 76° 57' 57.7189" E | | 12 | 692077.474 | 3188671.262 | 28° 48' 40.7228" N | 76° 58' 05.7944" E | | 13 | 692170.396 | 3188737.429 | 28° 48' 42.8216" N | 76° 58' 09.2610" E | | 14 | 692435.548 | 3188663.324 | 28° 48' 40.2723" N | 76° 58' 18.9925" E | | 15 | 692954.355 | 3189015.296 | 28° 48' 51.4226" N | 76° 58' 38.3380" E | | 16 | 693473.162 | 3189367.267 | 28° 49' 02.5721" N | 76° 58' 57.6846" E | | 17 | 693661.498 | 3189753.404 | 28° 49' 15.0097" N | 76° 59' 04.8672" E | | 18 | 693661.498 | 3189850.377 | 28° 49' 18.1589" N | 76° 59' 04.9269" E | | 19 | 693595.413 | 3189849.634 | 28° 49' 18.1706" N | 76° 59' 02.4895" E | | 20 | 693595.413 | 3189768.597 | 28° 49' 15.5389" N | 76° 59' 02.4396" E | | 21 | 693420.838 | 3189412.734 | 28° 49' 04.0770" N | 76° 58' 55.7832" E | | 22 | 692922.245 | 3189074.475 | 28° 48' 53.3618" N | 76° 58' 37.1903" E | | 23 | 692423.652 | 3188736.216 | 28° 48' 42.6458" N | 76° 58' 18.5985" E | | 24 | 692157.605 | 3188810.571 | 28° 48' 45.2038" N | 76° 58' 08.8341" E | | 25 | 692031.891 | 3188721.053 | 28° 48' 42.3643" N | 76° 58' 04.1440" E | | 26 | 691826.784 | 3188480.966 | 28° 48' 34.6777" N | 76° 57' 56.4348" E | | 27 | 691216.974 | 3188360.046 | 28° 48' 31.0778" N | 76° 57' 33.8764" E | | 28 | 690607.164 | 3188239.125 | 28° 48' 27.4768" N | 76° 57' 11.3184" E | | 29 | 690376.728 | 3187607.508 | 28° 48' 07.0876" N | 76° 57' 02.4397" E | | 30 | 690500.509 | 3187225.74 | 28° 47' 54.6235" N | 76° 57' 06.7724" E | | 31 | 690716.263 | 3186953.196 | 28° 47' 45.6574" N | 76° 57' 14.5617" E | | 32 | 690819.957 | 3186710.726 | 28° 47' 37.7277" N | 76° 57' 18.2376" E | +-------+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ | 33 | 690955.499 | 3186280.537 | 28° 47' 23.6847" N | 76° 57' 22.9737" E | | 34 | 690654.375 | 3185698.97 | 28° 47' 04.9587" N | 76° 57' 11.5206" E | | 35 | 692534.578 | 3188730.615 | 28° 48' 42.4042" N | 76° 58' 22.6852" E | +-------+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ Coordinates have been retrieved from DWG file submitted in the application by the user agency using WGS-84, UTM-43. *Outer Boundary Area (O.B.A) = 47.8035 Hac *Exempted Area (E.A) = 46.8458 Hac Coordinates of boundary of area (N.E.A)**, which is not included in the exempted area U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 for construction of construction of the 765 KV DC Khetri-Narela transmission line, New Delhi. +-------+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ | S.NO. | NORTHING | EASTING | LATITUDE | LONGITUDE | +-------+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ | 36 | 692444.041 | 3188729.633 | 28° 48' 42.4211" N | 76° 58' 19.3463" E | | 37 | 692444.436 | 3188671.833 | 28° 48' 40.5438" N | 76° 58' 19.3255" E | | 38 | 692448.386 | 3188671.983 | 28° 48' 40.5465" N | 76° 58' 19.4712" E | | 39 | 692250.405 | 3188748.489 | 28° 48' 43.1377" N | 76° 58' 12.2179" E | | 40 | 692234.853 | 3188719.675 | 28° 48' 42.2104" N | 76° 58' 11.6269" E | | 41 | 692381.181 | 3188678.519 | 28° 48' 40.7950" N | 76° 58' 16.9972" E | | 42 | 692384.972 | 3188710.672 | 28° 48' 41.8371" N | 76° 58' 17.1566" E | | 43 | 692390.477 | 3188745.488 | 28° 48' 42.9648" N | 76° 58' 17.3809" E | | 44 | 692334.431 | 3188761.109 | 28° 48' 43.5023" N | 76° 58' 15.3239" E | | 45 | 692330.196 | 3188727.931 | 28° 48' 42.4271" N | 76° 58' 15.1475" E | | 46 | 692318.419 | 3188731.131 | 28° 48' 42.5374" N | 76° 58' 14.7152" E | | 47 | 692269.771 | 3188734.842 | 28° 48' 42.6841" N | 76° 58' 12.9237" E | | 48 | 692266.825 | 3188745.281 | 28° 48' 43.0247" N | 76° 58' 12.8214" E | | 49 | 692260.829 | 3188747.049 | 28° 48' 43.0853" N | 76° 58' 12.6014" E | | 50 | 692276.268 | 3188777.407 | 28° 48' 44.0629" N | 76° 58' 13.1893" E | | 51 | 692268.832 | 3188779.486 | 28° 48' 44.1344" N | 76° 58' 12.9163" E | +-------+-------------+--------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+ Coordinates have been retrieved from DWG file submitted in the application by the user agency using WGS-84, UTM-43. **Not Exempted Area (N.E.A) = 0.9577 Hac

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