72 trees to be transplanted as police HQ undergoes revamp

While the Pune Police Commissionerate is currently constructing a green-compliant, state-of-the-art headquarters at the existing campus near Sadhu Vaswani Mission, the police have clarified that most of the 72 trees at the premises, many of them nearly a century old, will be transplanted rather than felled to clear space for construction of the new building.

- Nadeem Inamdar

Only exotic or commercially nonnative species will be razed and that too, after obtaining due permission from Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC’s) tree authority committee.

Speaking on the ecological concerns, additional commissioner (administration) Sanjay Patil, said, “A decision on the transplantation of 72 trees will be taken after a meeting with the PMC’s tree authority. These trees will be transplanted to the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) campus at Wanawadi. Only commercial and exotic species will be cut with the civic body’s permission.”