dehradun a day after the supreme court put a stay on the ngt order which had cleared pm narendra modis pet char dham road project the uttrakahand government on tuesday said work on the 899kmlong allweather road would continue but added that it would ensure that no trees are felled in all those patches where road cutting has already been done we shall continue to expand our work however we will not fell any more trees during the process additional chief secretary of uttarakhand om prakash told toiprakash added the matter is pending before the national green tribunal ngt hence we shall not cut any trees like it was directed by the ngt in its previous ordersthe governments response came a day after the sc stayed ngt benchs order which on september 26 had also constituted a committee to monitor the projectthe scs judgment had come in response to a petition filed by an ngo citizens for green doon which had said the environment clearance was must for the project and the ongoing work was blatantly illegalmeanwhile 37 works worth rs 854241 crore related to the project have been approved while 29 work amounting to rs 668358 crore has started and memorandum of understanding for three projects worth rs 24639 crore has been signed with companies while tender for four projects worth rs 137467 has been received and tenders for projects worth rs 23772 have been sought