The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to examine the environmental impact caused by the felling of around 6000 trees at a Park in Noida used by Mayawati government for construction of statues and memorials<br/><br/>of Dalit leaders. A Special Forest Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan sought a response within four weeks from the Ministry of Environment and Forest about the impact of the project on the adjacent bird sanctuary. <br/><br/>The Bench, which was hearing the plea of Uttar Pradesh government for lifting the stay on the construction work, also asked the Ministry to enumerate immediate measures for protection of the environment and the bird sanctuary.<br/><br/> The hearing in the matter commenced in the backdrop of the affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment that the park land is not covered under the definition of forest and even the apex court-appointed Central Empowered Committee report suggested the same with a rider that the state government should seek environmental clearance for the 650-crore rupees project on the 33.43 hectare land.