A significant environmental setback has hit the Central Vista redevelopment project, with nearly half of its transplanted trees failing to survive. In a Lok Sabha briefing on April 2, 2026, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs revealed that 1,545 out of ,3609 relocated trees—approximately 43%—have died. Despite a ₹5.29 crore investment in transplantation efforts across key sites like the New Parliament and Kartavya Bhawans, critics argue that the high mortality rate and reliance on young saplings fail to compensate for the ecological loss of mature, decades-old urban canopy.
