ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) Environment Wing on Tuesday imposed a Rs10,000 fine on a man for illegally chopping off a half-a-century-old Eucalyptus tree within the Super Market in sector F-6. Soon after, another officer of the climate change ministry shared pictures of the tree being cut. Some members of the civil society went to the spot and stopped the act while they summoned officials of the CDA’s environment wing. “He [Salman Ajmal] realised his mistake and along with submitting the fine bought 100 Pine tree saplings worth Rs25,000 and handed them over to the CDA for alternate plantation,” Niazi stated. He added that around seven months ago, Ajmal had approached the CDA, seeking permission to prune the tree.