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NEW DELHI: Netaji Nagar in south Delhi has recently been in the news for a large number of trees being felled in the area. ``The government is proposing to demolish seven of these government residential colonies in Sarojini Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Nauroji Nagar, Kasturba Nagar, Thyagaraj Nagar, Srinivaspuri and Mohammadpur, in south Delhi, comprising of type I-IV flats. ``One of the first government housing schemes was the Type II Flats, in Netaji Nagar, built in 1954-56, for government employees. ``Historically, Netaji Nagar shows a side of Delhi where independent India was still adjusting to its new identity. With this demolition, all traces of the evolution of mass housing in Delhi will effectively be erased..