Dozens of ancient pine trees were cut down to widen the road in Da Lat.

Today (October 16), many workers and machines were mobilized to cut down ancient pine trees on Hoang Van Thu - Nguyen Dinh Quan street in Da Lat city.

These are three-leaf pine trees, averaging 15m in height and about 47cm in diameter.

Dalat tree 1.jpg — Workers are cutting down a pine tree in Da Lat City. Photo: NX

The city government informed that many pine trees were cut down to carry out the project of upgrading and expanding Hoang Van Thu Street, more than 1.2km long, with a total investment of about 138 billion VND.

During the implementation of the above project, 200 trees were affected. Of these, the government forced the felling of 148 trees (76 three-leaf pines, 62 orange-leafed sal trees and 10 miscellaneous trees), and relocated 52 purple royal poinciana and cherry blossom trees.

Caythong Dalat 2.jpg — Many people in Da Lat City regret that the old pine trees were cut down. Photo: NX

In addition to the above project, the locality also expanded Le Hong Phong Street to 730m long, with an investment of more than 39 billion VND. To carry out the construction, the government will relocate and cut down 52 cajuput trees, 1 cherry tree, and 1 pơ mu tree.

For the large trees originating from Africa, the People's Committee of Da Lat City proposed to cut down those with rotten trunks and poor growth. As for the po mu and mai anh dao trees, they were identified as valuable trees, so the authorities proposed to move them to a temporary nursery for replanting.

green tree da lat 1 10978.jpg — Trees on Hoang Van Thu Street before being cut down. Photo: NX

It is known that the authorities have also planned to plant additional and replace 1,000 trees of various types upon completion of these projects.

Da Lat planted 740 trees to replace trees cut down to widen the road.

Lam Dong Provincial Government requested Da Lat City to plant 740 additional trees after cutting down 148 trees to carry out the project of upgrading and expanding more than 1.2km of Hoang Van Thu Street.

Dalat pine forest burned more than 3 hectares

More than 3 hectares of pine forest in the Prenn Pass area in Da Lat City (Lam Dong) continued to burn, bringing the total affected forest area to 13 hectares after the fire.