While giving a go-ahead to the construction of railway overbridges in West Bengal as part of the Setu Bharatam project, the Supreme Court observed that protection of human life is also equally important as protecting the environment.
The project had been stayed since 2018 after the Calcutta High Court’s order allowing the cutting down of 356 trees was challenged in the Supreme Court. In 2020, the Supreme Court had constituted an expert committee to examine the matter.